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Martin Frobisher, of Network Rail, said the summer’s hot weather had “presented exceptional challenges to the railway”.In an interview with the Transport Correspondent Katy Austin, Frobisher also confirmed speed restrictions were not in place in either Wickford or Lewes. On the possible impact of the hot weather, he said “yes, that’s one of the things that we’re looking at. “We’ve got our investigations underway. We’ve got technical engineers on site, our best experts who are on site with the Rail Accident Investigation Branch. “They’re looking very thoroughly at what’s happened. And based on that, we will act on what we…

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St Jude Championship – round two leaderboard-11 S Scheffler (US); -8 Im (Kor), V Hovland (Nor); -7 L Aberg (Swe); -6 Nico Echavarria (Col), T Fleetwood (Eng), J Spieth (US), B Harman (US)Selected others: -3 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), J Thomas (US); -2 A Rai (Eng); E H Hall (Eng); +1 S Lowry (Ire); +3 J Rose (Eng); +4 R McIlroy (NI), J Smith (Eng); +5 A Fitzpatrick (Eng)Full leaderboardScottie Scheffler equalled the course record with a nine-under-par 61 as he opened up a three-stroke lead at the end of the second round of the St Jude Championship in Memphis.The world…

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The Hundred Eliminator, men’s competition, The Kia OvalManchester Super Giants 186-4 (100 balls): Walter 80 (46). Klaasen 63 (26)Sunrisers Leeds 166-7 (100 balls): Rickelton 54* (34), Brook 49 (31); Tongue 4-26Super Giants won by 20 runsScorecardPaul Walter was the unlikely star as Manchester Super Giants beat Sunrisers Leeds by 20 runs in the Eliminator to cruise into the men’s Hundred final. Walter’s 80 off just 46 balls set up Super Giants’ imposing total of 186-4 at The Oval, before England seamer Josh Tongue led the bowling unit with an impressive 4-26 in Sunrisers’ chase.Having been put in to bat, Walter…

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Tracy McGregor recalled the derailment as like a “metal tube carving through the earth”, picking up dirt from the field.She said: “When it did stop, there was this almighty cloud of mud and earth and everyone had mud on their faces.”Pictures at the Lewes derailment have shown how the force of the train leaving the tracks had flattened trees and left a piece of track strewn across the embankment.Preparations were being made on Friday for the use of a crane to remove the derailed carriages.Investigators, along with emergency teams and Network Rail, are operating from a command centre set up…

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Johnson-Thompson achieved the sixth global podium of her career at last year’s World Championships – and her third in as many years since recovering from a devastating Achilles rupture.But she withdrew from the Commonwealth Games last month to focus on being in shape for the Europeans after battling to be fit following an unspecified injury.”We would always expect with Kat to be coming in, especially with the Europeans, to try and win it,” former Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford said on BBC TV.”This sport is brutal and you are never allowed to enjoy the championships if you are not…

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Royal dealt fresh blow as house arrest extended`; 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; }

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Martin Lewis warns buyers about three things that can stop mortgage applications`; 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; }

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Thousands of babies and children are missing vital appointments amid a health visitor strike and are being put at risk, a mental health charity for new mums has said.About 100 health visitors at Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board have been on strike since February in a row over job grading, saying they are losing up to £9,000 a year as a result.Mothers Matter said it had seen demand “double, if not treble” during the strike while Unite said its workers were fighting “to be paid at the appropriate level for their skills and experience”.Home visits have dropped dramatically since February,…

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