The cable provides power to the overhead line equipment, which in turn powers electric trains across the tracks.

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Emergency services attended an incident at busy Bolton junction in Moses Gate tonight as a car was seen on its roof.

Train services in Bolton will face disruption tomorrow, Sunday, December 29, due to £100,000 worth of cable being stolen. Engineers discovered that a large amount of high-voltage power cable was ...

Disruption caused by thick fog is expected to continue until Sunday at some of the UK’s busiest airports. Flights at Stansted Airport were affected by the weather conditions on Saturday, while live ...

The UK has called for an independent investigation into the downing of an Azerbaijani plane thought to have been caused by a Russian missile. President Vladimir Putin apologised “for the fact that the ...

Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country’s economic reform programme, ...

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The display took place over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour after the city was gifted two more giant pandas by Beijing.

Nick Kyrgios has described Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek’s positive doping tests as “disgusting” ahead of his return to tennis. The controversial Australian has played only one match in more than two ...

From the death of former taoiseach John Bruton, to the unexpected resignation of Leo Varadkar as premier, the year has been dominated by politics.

Nathan Aspinall fired a warning to his rivals after booking his place in the last 16 of the PDC World Darts Championships with a 4-0 win over Andrew Gilding at Alexandra Palace.