Steve Robson
Northern Reporter at The i Paper
Northern Reporter for @theipaper former @mennewsdesk [email protected]
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4 days ago |
inews.co.uk | Steve Robson
At Crewe’s train station, there is still a plaque near Platform 3 that reads ‘Crewe -destination HS2‘. It is now more than eighteen months since Rishi Sunak axed the northern leg of the high-speed rail project meaning it will end at Birmingham. It was a devastating blow to Crewe, a town steeped in railway heritage that was expecting HS2 to deliver major economic regeneration.
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1 week ago |
inews.co.uk | Steve Robson
Rail passengers do not “need” Trainline and its soaring profits should be invested in cutting fares instead, campaigners have said. The ticketing company has announced a profit of £86m for the year ending February, up 56 per cent compared to the year before. Trainline said this was down to the growing popularity of digital tickets and fewer rail strikes, as well as an increase in fares which went up 5 per cent last March.
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1 week ago |
inews.co.uk | Steve Robson
Victims of a second scandal at the Post Office have waited more than 30 years to be compensated for wrongful prosecutions and lost livelihoods linked to IT faults – but are still waiting for the Treasury to sign payments off. A compensation scheme for sub-postmasters believed to have lost money while using Capture – a basic Post Office accounting system rolled out to branches in the 1990s before the notorious Horizon programme – has finally been agreed with the Government.
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1 week ago |
inews.co.uk | Steve Robson
Within moments of winning the race to become mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, Andrea Jenkyns was already stirring up controversy. In her acceptance speech, she pledged that Reform will “reset Britain to its glorious past” and suggested that asylum seekers should be living in tents not hotels. It is the kind of robust and populist language that Jenkyns, a former Conservative minister under Boris Johnson, has made herself known for on the national stage.
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1 week ago |
inews.co.uk | Steve Robson
Russell Brand has arrived at court in London to face rape and sexual assault charges. Brand, 49, who is understood to be living in the US, was charged by post last month with one count each of rape, indecent assault and oral rape, as well as two counts of sexual assault, relating to four separate women.
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The post-mortem on Labour's election drubbing is now playing into all decisions - including what to do about HS2. @connor_naismith argues the government must have something to offer places in the North like Crewe or risk people turning to Reform. https://t.co/yzWutNI7ky
Absolute fools - why they didn't just cough up from the start is beyond me. Hope the court doesn't even think about custody, just make them plant trees for the rest of their days https://t.co/YsL9AZLRZ3
Fascinating, if also very dispiriting, comments from Lou Haigh here.
“What are you saying about that pattern of briefing then. Sexist? Misogynistic?” “All of the above…” Former Transport Secretary Louise Haigh tells @vicderbyshire that “female northern MPs” are the target of hostile media briefings from “people working in Number 10” #Newsnight https://t.co/ku3TDVpkEh
