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HISTORICAL FACTS: Railway children | History Defined

Charity set to support children at risk of exploitation on Scotland's railway

VULNERABLE children who are exploited in and around the railway in Scotland are set to be better supported with a charity set to launch a vital…

The National (Scotland)

Top railway boss to sleep on Glasgow Central floor overnight in charity challenge

Alex Hynes, managing director of Scotland’s railways, is to sleep for a whole night on the train station floor to raise money for the Railway Children charity.

Glasgow Live

Edinburgh Santa Express experience will not be going ahead this year confirm Scotrail

Edinburgh Live

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Bernard Cribbins: The remarkable career of a beloved actor – in pictures

The star of ‘The Railway Children’, ‘Doctor Who’ and many other films and TV shows has died at the age of 93

The Independent UK

In Pictures: Remarkable career of beloved actor Bernard Cribbins

The star of The Railway Children, Doctor Who and many other films and TV shows has died at the age of 93.

The Independent UK

Daddy! My Daddy! Children’s authors on enduring classic The Railway Children: ‘It has an urgent truth to tell’

As the long-awaited sequel to The Railway Children hits cinemas, we ask a panel of children’s authors what they think about the original film and book

Evening Standard

Railway Children star Jenny Agutter says she 'bonded immediately' with Sheridan Smith

Railway Children legend Jenny Agutter says she is like a mum to Two Pints of Lager star Sheridan Smith and reveals how the remake has led to their unique friendship

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Inside the Railway Children cast after it's 1970 release - sequel role to marketing job

Ahead of the release of a sequel to the iconic the Railway Children (1970), we take a look back at what the cast of the film got up to in the decades since viewers were first introduced to the characters

Daily Mirror

Steam trains under threat due to shortage of coal as war in Ukraine halts imports

There are more than a hundred heritage lines in the UK, ranging from the 24-mile North Yorkshire Moors Railway celebrated on TV to tiny routes of only a few hundred yards

Daily Mirror

Glasgow locals invited to swap warm beds for cold Central station floor for charity sleepout

The sleepout event is being held to raise awareness and funds for UK charity Railway Children, which supports children at risk on the streets in the UK, India and East Africa.

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