The driver "managed to contact the control centre at Network Rail and get the train diverted onto the slow line", Calder says. "That was absolutely crucial because this train was scheduled to be travelling through Huntingdon station on the tracks with no platform at 125mph." "It didn't stop in the middle of nowhere, which would have been very difficult." Calder thinks this was handled in the "safest possible way" thanks to the "incredible professionalism from the driver and the police". Train drivers are trained on how to take appropriate action, he adds,

Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC

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Now I have some qualms about Ronald Reagan but its always baffled me a bit why his quotes haven't been used more in attack ads and things in the Trumpian era.

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Statement on the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement 100487a

www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe... More Reagan

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"It may take the next 100 years but we can dare to dream that at some future date a map of the world might show the North American continent as one in which the people's commerce of its three strong countries flow more freely across their present borders than they do today.” Ronald Reagan, '79

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Tactical voting for Reform to keep the Far Right out

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Robert Jenrick pictured with former Nazi terror chief at Epping anti-refugee protest Robert Jenrick pictured with Eddy Butler, former member of Nazi terror group Combat 18 EXCLUSIVE Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has attended a

Where I am from in England, there's a lot of racism. Witnessed it many, many times whilst being told, "you can't call people racist they have legitimate concerns". This is where that has ended up. standuptoracism.org.uk/robert-jenri...

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Migrants arrested outside El Paso federal building after immigration hearings under new Trump expedited deportation strategy DHS announced last month it was making “common sense courthouse arrests” months after President Trump lifted restrictions that had previously put courthouses, schools and churches largely off limits f...

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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.

As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

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"Release... bees...."

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Taught a fun National Security Policies and Procedures class yesterday. Discussing security assistance. Students wondered why US money goes abroad. We talked about how one logic is if US provides weapons and training to others, China and Russia maybe don't.

Student said, "ok, that's lowkey smart."

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