Nine people in critical condition after Bedford train crash kills driver East of England ambulance service says number of people listed as seriously injured has increased to 32 The Guardian - UK · Jun 20
'People Were Crying and Screaming': Bedford Train Crash Survivor Describes Horror Inside Carriage A survivor of the Bedford train collision describes the chaos and panic following the crash, which left one dead and dozens injured. Investigations are underway to determine the cause. International Business Times UK · Jun 20
‘Squeaky bum time’ as Great Britain’s new rail timetable goes live this weekend More trains, faster journeys and better reliability promised – but spectre of great timetable fiasco of 2018 looms large The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025
Chess returns to the screen on Monday with Chess Masters: The Endgame The new programme on BBC Two will be very different from 42 years ago when the eighth and final series of The Master Game was never shown due to industrial action The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2025
More trains are being cancelled than ever. Here’s why More than one in 25 trains was cancelled over the past year The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2025
Train reliability at record low as more than one in 25 services are axed More than 217,000 services were fully cancelled in the year to February 1, PA news agency analysis found. Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2025
Train reliability hits the buffers as annual cancellations exceed 360,000 Reliability on Britain’s railways has sunk to its joint lowest level in figures dating back to March 2015. Evening Standard · Dec 26, 2024
Train cancellations top 360,000 for the year as passengers face major disruption Analysis of the latest Office of Rail and Road data found 208,000 services were fully axed in the year to November 9, with a further 161,000 part-cancelled The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2024
Chess: World Juniors lacks big names but Maurizzi has potential to be a star In the 21st century the very best talents have tended to avoid the tournament, in contrast to the 1950s when several winners went on to have successful careers The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2023
Learner driver from Clevedon caught after M5 police chase speeding at 130mph Declan Skidmore ashamed and shocked by his behaviour, court told Bristol Post · Oct 25, 2022
Cheating, groupies, big money and drunken brawls: how chess went rock’n’roll Chess’s fusty image has been shaken by recent allegations of underhand tactics. But as any fan or player can tell you, it has long been younger, hipper – and wilder – than most outsiders realised The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022
'Massive organisations' in consortium to build battery, lagoon and housing project which could cost £4.2bn The far-reaching project at Swansea docks could create thousands of jobs Wales Online · Mar 17, 2022