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Plans for high-speed rail network unveiled – LIVE

Follow the train of events as the government's plans for a high-speed rail network are made public

2.03pm:
The Campaign to Protect Rural England understandably has some concerns. But it is also seeing the positives of the proposed network.

Ralph Smyth, senior transport campaigner, with the group said:


Euthanasia campaigner takes own life

Euthanasia campaigner Vicki Wood, who earlier tried to to kill her ailing husband, dies at Dignitas clinic in Switzerland

Facebook threatens to sue Daily Mail

Social networking site fears reputation permanently damaged by false claim that it let older men pressure teenage girls for sex


 

Forces face 'racist' label over searches

Equalities watchdog warns of enforcement action against forces that excessively target people from ethnic minorities

Two MPs must repay £1,500 in expenses

Watchdog says couple claimed money from the second home allowance to which they were not entitled because their central London property had in effect become their main home


 

 

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