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Ellie Burrows

  • Jun 24

    Bedford train crash driver passed red signal, investigators say, as emergency crews describe 'spectacularly quick' response

    A preliminary report from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch says the driver of a Corby service, Shaun Burton, passed a danger signal moments before his train struck a stationary Nottingham service near Bedford, killing him and injuring 162 people.

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Spain hardens borders as Ukraine absorbs strikes and Washington tests legal guardrails

Europe’s passport-free travel area acquired another dent after the Ceuta migration crisis spilled into a Spain-Italy quarrel. Elsewhere, Russia’s war pressed closer to NATO’s edges, Donald Trump tightened his grip on the Justice Department, and Burgundy’s harvest calendar offered a neat, dry measure of climate stress.

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Brussels vs capitals: EU integration

Spain's imposition of reciprocal border controls on Italy represents an escalation of the Schengen dispute, moving from a unilateral action to a tit-for-tat response between member states.

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