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New battery-powered trains will ‘bring faster journeys to north’

No 10 says new fleet of trains built in Derby will support 6,000 jobs across UKA new fleet of battery-powered trains will be built to “bring faster, more reliable journeys to the north”, Downing Street has announced.The 29 new trains, which will be run…

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No 10 backs ‘tough action’ if social platforms fail to remove dangerous driving posts after A66 crash

Downing Street condemns ‘utterly disgraceful’ clips and says sites are legally obliged to take them downThe government has given its full backing to Ofcom to take “tough action” against social media platforms that fail to remove videos that depict dang…

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