Charlotte Edwards Business reporter Virgin Trains will be able to launch rail services through the Channel Tunnel after the UK's rail regulator approved its application to share a depot with Eurostar. The decision by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) means Eurostar's monopoly on passenger services i
Read more: Virgin cleared to end Eurostar Channel Tunnel monopolyBarbara Plett Usher Africa correspondent The leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has declared an investigation into what he called violations committed by his soldiers during the capture of el-Fasher. The announcement by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, came after e
Read more: RSF Chief Orders Probe as Outrage Grows Over el-Fasher KillingsDaniel Wittenberg, Politics producer and Nick Eardley, Political Correspondent Partners and children of some Gazan PhD and master's students coming to study in the UK will be now able to join them, the government has confirmed. It marks a reversal of the original policy which only supported the evac
Read more: UK to Allow Gaza Students' Dependants to Join Them'Lost' spider species rediscovered after 40 years PA Media Aulonia albimana was last recorded in the UK in 1985 A critically endangered spider not seen in the UK for 40 years has been rediscovered. Aulonia albimana, which was last recorded in the UK in 1985, was found at the National Trust's Newtown
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Read more: Americast: Will Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Run Again?Contains language which may offend. Out on a late-night job alone, power repairman Roy Neary has an encounter with an alien spacecraft and becomes consumed with the desire to see it again. Duration 2h 10m First shown 1980 Available for 18 days Watchlist Audio Described Sign Language
Read more: Roy Neary's Close EncounterEddie Howe was "fearful" last summer. Newcastle United were in the market for a centre-back and there was not exactly a long list of realistic names whom the head coach believed could make the difference. Howe had his sights set on Malick Thiaw, but would Newcastle be able to prise the 24-year-old a
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