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Scorpion on a train delays London to Edinburgh journey

01-01-2017 19:58

Creature got free from passenger’s bag, leading to delay while carriage was checkedRail passengers en route from London to Edinburgh were delayed after a scorpion was spotted on the train.The unexpected cargo disrupted an Virgin Trains East Coast service heading to the Scottish capital on Sunday afternoon. Continue reading...

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Icy weather to follow new year downpours

01-01-2017 19:49

Met Office issues cold weather warnings as it forecasts lows of -7C and possible sleet and snow as far south as the ChilternsCold weather warnings have been issued as an icy front moves down from the north of England, with plunging temperatures potentially set to cause hazardous driving conditions. Much of the UK saw New Year’s Day downpours, but the rain will give way to a frosty start to the year as temperatures fall below zero as far south as the Chiltern Hills, where sleet and snow are

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The driverless car revolution isn’t just about technology – it’s about society too | Jackie Ashley

01-01-2017 19:00

It could be a bane or a boon. There are ethical issues like the effect on jobs and tax that we need to talk aboutIf there’s one thing 2016 taught us it’s that political predictions are a mug’s game. Predictions about technology and society, however, are at least a little easier. One thing that’s going to rub up against our noses during 2017 is the imminence of the driverless car revolution, which is going to be a big one.Around our house there is a new noise. It’s m

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London must stand together in 2017 if its golden age is not to end

01-01-2017 16:59

The capital’s politicians and other influential groups need unanimity of purpose if the city is to keep prospering in the year of uncertainties ahead For three decades, with barely a blip, the UK capital has been going from strength to strength. Nothing has stunted its potency and growth, not the 7/7 bombings or the 2011 riots, not Black Monday or the 2008 global crash, not even the original Millennium Dome. Its economy drives and subsidises the rest of the country, its still-new tier of r

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