Transport secretary Heidi Alexander welcomes the £2.5bn boost in local transport and infrastructure projects announced by the chancellor today.
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The Government’s renationalisation of rail services has started as trains operated by South Western Railway (SWR) were taken into public control.
The train operator officially came under public ownership at around 2am on Sunday. The first journey, the 5.36am from Woking, was partly a rail replacement bus service due to engineering works.
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, who travelled on the first renationalised departure from London Waterloo, said it was “a new dawn for our railways”.
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Emmanuel Macron pressed for recognition of Palestinian statehood in an address to the UK’s Parliament, saying it was the “only path to peace”. The French president said a ceasefire was a matter of “absolute urgency” and that a two-state solution would bring security to the region. President Macron said: I want to be clear, calling today for a ceasefire in Gaza without any condition". Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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