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Train drivers taking home £80,000 annually are officially categorised as working class under a Government classification framework. The system, devised by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), also classifies police officers and prison staff, many of whom earn significantly less, as middle class.The classification framework determines social standing based purely on occupation type rather than earnings.Train drivers are grouped under “lower supervisory and technical occupations” regardless of their substantial pay packets.Train drivers are grouped under “lower supervisory and technical occupations” regardless of their pay | GETTYThis classification has gained fresh significance following ministers’ decision to restrict a new Civil Service…

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Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondentKensington PalaceThe Prince and Princess of Wales showed a picture of family togethernessMaybe there was a memo sent round the royal households of Europe, but many of this year’s Christmas cards seem to have similar images of showing their families holding on to each other tenderly.Touching, linking arms, holding hands, hugging, they’re all sending messages about how close they are to each other.It’s like royal superglue has been applied, connecting them in these Christmas portraits. This is the era of the relatable royals.The Prince and Princess of Wales have been leading the way, with a Christmas card showing…

Captain Pat Cummins and spinner Nathan Lyon have been left out of the Australia squad for the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.Lyon is set to have surgery on a torn right hamstring which will sideline him for an extended period, while Cummins is rested as he continues to manage a long-standing back issue.Cummins missed the first two Tests of the series but returned for the third in Adelaide as Australia retained the Ashes after just 11 days of play.Batter Steve Smith, meanwhile, returns from an illness which kept him out of the third Test and will captain the side.Seam bowler…

Narrowboat owner Paul Smith-Storey has told GB News of the shocking moment a huge 50-metre sinkhole almost claimed his home in Shropshire, admitting it was “really scary”.Speaking to the People’s Channel, Mr Smith-Storey revealed he was just three boats away from the site of the landslip which caused the sinkhole, leaving the boats stranded.Recalling how he was woken up at 4:20am to the sound of the landslip, the narrowboat resident explained what happened: “There was a huge breach on the Bridgewater Canal last year, but this is the first time I’ve actually seen boats at the bottom of the breach.…

New polling has suggested Reform UK will fall short of being able to form a Government on their own, with 48 seats identified as places where the Tories will narrowly beat Nigel Farage’s party. The analysis, by former Conservative deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft, has Kemi Badenoch’s party on 22 per cent, up from 20 per cent a month ago, with Reform dropping to 25 per cent. In further woes for Labour, Sir Keir Starmer’s party drop to fourth place on 18 per cent, one point behind the Green Party who leapfrog into third. The Liberal Democrats are stuck in dead…

King Charles tipped to act as ‘role model’ with Princess Eugenie as Sandringham plans commence`; const adSlotHtmlSkyRight = “; const targetParentSky = document.querySelector(‘.sky–ad__container’); if (targetParentSky) { targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyLeft); targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyRight); } } else { // console.log(“Inder 3 – skys not showing because user is member”); } `; targetParentBillboard.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adBillboard); } `; return trendingDiv; }

With only three more sleeps to go until the big day Santa has been out on a test run over the rooftops of Manchester to share a Santa’s sleigh view of the city as it prepares to celebrate Christmas. Taken from high above the city’s streets and squares the images show the ever-changing skyline of the city – with old historic rooftops contrasting sharply with the newest of the new tall shiny skyscrapers that now dominate parts of the Manchester cityscape. From a reindeer’s view of the Royal Exchange and Corn Exchange with their glass-domed roofs, and the wide…

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Andrew Picken News ScotlandGetty ImagesThe bus industry says traffic jams are killing average bus speeds and putting people off leaving the car at home and using public transport The Number 38 bus service threads a north-south path through Edinburgh, far from the picture postcard version of Scotland’s capital.It serves a college, retail park and two hospitals, but the amount of time it takes to travel this route is getting longer.Scotland’s bus industry has warned that the growing number of vehicles on the road, congestion at peak times and not enough priority measures for buses is making its services less attractive.The…