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The saga of a £165m rail line that keeps causing travel chaos

Roads to this region are increasingly choked, and flights are few and far between. So many choose to travel by rail - and this section of line in Dawlish, just along from the Jurassic Coast, holds the key to trains arriving on time, or at all

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How to get the best view of the Northern Lights in 2026

"People in Scotland are always on the front line and going to see them before the rest of the UK," Wild says. "For it to be visible in England, it needs to be something quite spectacular

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What the Nigella Lawson effect will mean for the Great British Bake Off

"The sort of thing that she used to do, where it would be six episodes and you'd see inside her house, set the pace for what cookery shows were for such a long time," he says. "Now that sort of show has changed, and we get documentaries that are more …

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The spectacular multimillion-euro heist nobody noticed

"We need to help the victims," he said. "For many, this is more than just the loss of property, this can also impact their trust in their own sense of security and. their trust in our order," he said

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Skier makes history for Brazil by winning gold in giant slalom

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen made history for Brazil by clinching his nation's first Winter Olympic medal with gold in the giant slalom. Born in Oslo to a Norwegian father and Brazilian mother, Pinheiro Braathen won World Cup medals for the country of his birth before announcing his shock retirement in 2023 …

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From pizza delivery man to Winter Olympics hopeful

"The fastest man in the UK this year and he's not even going to the Olympics. " That was the line belted out by the commentator as Joel Fearon stunned onlookers by running the 100m in under 10 seconds - breaking one of the most revered barriers in sport. Frustratingly, …

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Canada accused of cheating again in curling row

For the second time in two matches, Canadian curler Marc Kennedy has been accused of cheating by an opponent at the Winter Olympics. The 44-year-old - who won gold in 2010 and and bronze four years ago - became involved in a heated verbal exchange with Sweden opponent Oskar Eriksson …

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Could Manchester be a model for the UK to kickstart growth?

Clearly every city retains the problems of 21st Century urban life. Homelessness in particular has been stark, with Shelter calculating 1 in 61 people in the city experiencing homelessness, higher than almost anywhere outside of London. It is the flipside of growth in property developments. While new social housing is …

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Death of the sex drive - and the great debate over whether testosterone can help get it back

While it does help some people, she says, the proportion of those who say they need testosterone, and who will actually benefit from it, is small. Clinical evidence so far when it comes to women, suggests that TRT is only effective for treating those who are postmenopausal with low libido

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GB women shock curling world champions Canada

Team GB's women curlers kickstarted their campaign with a superb first victory of these Winter Olympics, beating medal contenders Canada 7-6. After surrendering meekly in their opening two matches against China and South Korea, few fancied Rebecca Morrison's rink to right the wrongs against the world champions. However, the British …

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