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By JOANNE HART Updated: 16:50 EST, 30 November 2024 The Furness Line between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster was rendered impassable after Storm Bert battered the country last weekend. Tracks were flooded and services suspended, to the frustration of thousands of passengers. Renew Holdings was called in to clear up the mess.Within hours, a specialist team was on hand, using sophisticated kit to pump 450 gallons of water a second from the line. A vacuum pump was driven down the track and excavators put in place to re-engineer the line, even as the rain continued to fall.Fixing problems is just one branch…
By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:01, 5 March 2025 Donald Trump’s trade war will have a ‘substantial’ impact on the UK and global economies, the Governor of the Bank of England has warned.Andrew Bailey told MPs that Britain must ‘dig in’ after tariffs levied by the US President on America’s major trading partners sparked tit-for-tat retaliation.And he said Trump should be using ‘multilateral’ discussions to settle gripes over trade rather than picking fights with individual countries.It came amid a further twist in Trump’s plans. The US President has imposed duties of 25 per cent on imports from Mexico and Canada and…
By Rob Crilly, Chief U.S. Political Correspondent For Dailymail.Com Published: 15:51 EDT, 10 October 2024 | Updated: 16:34 EDT, 10 October 2024 A new poll of Texas voters gives incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz a five-point lead over his Democratic rival Colin Allred.If the election were tomorrow, Cruz would win reelection with 51 percent of the vote to Allred’s 46 percent, according to a Marist Poll of 1,186 likely voters published Thursday.It shows Cruz performing better than in some other recent polls, which have led to Republican jitters they could lose a deep red state.Elsewhere Republicans are in a strong position…
Dave Portnoy has been applauded online after he revealed that he still shares a bank account with his estranged wife.The Barstool Sports founder, 47, split from his spouse, Renee, back in 2017, but the two never formally got divorced.Now, he has opened up about their unusual situation during an appearance on the Sage Steele podcast, and he admitted that he still lets Renee use his immense earnings whenever she wants. The businessman, who has a reported net worth of $250 million, explained that he and Renee ‘met when Barstool was nothing’ and that she was by his side ‘every step of…
Two Arsenal stars were taken off against Liverpool and another has been absentAll three could be set to return to action soon but will likely sit out midweek tieLISTEN NOW: It’s All Kicking Off!, available wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Monday and ThursdayBy James Sharpe Published: 13:26 EDT, 29 October 2024 | Updated: 20:15 EDT, 29 October 2024 Mikel Arteta has been handed a triple injury boost ahead of a gruelling run of away games while the Arsenal boss is considering giving another teenage goalkeeper his debut.Defensive duo Gabriel and Jurrien Timber both limped off during Arsenal’s…
Children balance on a high wire 30 feet above a flowing river to get to schoolA bridge was destroyed more than two years ago by heavy rainThe pupils must then walk a further seven miles through forest to get there By Alex Ward Social Affairs Correspondent Published: 14:00 EDT, 6 November 2012 | Updated: 05:33 EDT, 7 November 2012 If you thought getting the kids to school was a chore, spare a thought for the parents of these children who have to balance on a high wire 30 feet above a flowing river to get to their class on time.These…
By ALEXA LARDIERI U.S. DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 17:55 EST, 13 November 2024 | Updated: 18:18 EST, 13 November 2024 An E.coli outbreak linked to a popular McDonald’s burger has sickened more people, bringing the total cases to 104 people across 14 states. A CDC update Wednesday said at least one more case of E.coli has been detected in connection with the sliced onions on the fast food chain’s Quarter Pounder.The new patient has been identified in North Carolina, but no further details were given. The update also reported that 34 people have been hospitalized, four have developed a life-threatening kidney…
Simon Cowell has claimed that Britain’s Got Talent crew members ‘saved his life’ after a dangerous act ‘nearly killed him’.The TV judge, 65, is set to return to screens later this month alongside Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Bruno Tonioli for the 18th series of the ITV talent show.And as a plethora of auditionees upped the ante in a bid to impress the judges, it appears that the element of danger also increased as Simon was left fearing for his life amid one particularly nail-biting audition.The music mogul found himself dicing with danger as a mallet-wielding blindfolded daredevil smashed watermelons…
Donald Trump’s defense lawyer accused star witness Michael Cohen of lying about a crucial phone that tied the former president to a cover-up around hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels in a dramatic exchange Thursday.Defense lawyer Todd Blanche delivered his blow just before the lunch break, offering evidence that the key conversation was actually about a prank caller and not, as Cohen claimed three days earlier, about a $130,000 payment for Daniels’ silence. It created an ‘aha’ moment just as the case barrels towards its conclusion; the sort of pin-drop shock common to courtroom TV dramas but rare in real…
By Louise Allingham For Daily Mail Australia Published: 20:12 EDT, 10 October 2023 | Updated: 20:13 EDT, 10 October 2023 Beauty lovers will be rushing to Aldi to get their hands on a popular beauty buy that is a budget dupe of Mecca’s iconic Brazilian Bum Bum Cream. The $72 Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream has become a cult favourite among Mecca shoppers as it smooths and tightens the skin to lessen the appearance of cellulite.However, many were delighted last year with Aldi launched the Lacura Summer Touch Booty Balm, its own version of the body cream without the high price…