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Network Rail’s boss says hi-tech signalling is the answer. Dover’s weary commuters aren’t so sureOn a clear day, a Frenchman with a pair of binoculars could get a decent glimpse of the challenges facing Britain’s railway network by peering across the Channel at Dover. Until last Christmas, a high-speed train would travel at half pace along the old line at the bottom of the cliffs, giving commuters a direct fast link to Folkestone and the capital via HS1’s tracks. Then a combination of storm and tide so damaged the sea wall that passengers from Dover and beyond now have to transfer miserably on...
'Overflowing urinals, uncovered drains and muddy carpets' - Harmony of the Seas cruise liner is a 'building site', claim irate passengers
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It is believed pilots are being targeted by GPS jamming just days after the EgyptAir tragedy
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- VIDEO: Giant cruise ship 'a construction site'Some of the first paying passengers on the world's biggest cruise ship have described it as
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- Harmony of the Seas maiden voyage to go ahead despite complaints over 'chaotic' test trip �
- 'Overflowing urinals, uncovered drains and muddy carpets' - Harmony of the Seas cruise liner is a 'building site', claim irate passengers
- Fourth boat carrying migrants across the Mediterranean feared to have sunk
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- Small ports are backdoor into Britain for terrorists, smugglers and gangsters says NCA� Small marinas and ports across the UK are vulnerable to terrorists and organised criminals because they are unpoliced, according to the National Crime Agency.
- Commandos 'road-test' jihadi hunting quad boat: It's the high speed vessel that's dropped from the air... and speeds elite forces into battle, both on water and on land The High Speed Amphibian races across the sea at speeds of up to 45 knots and is just as fast on land, thanks to the wheels which unfold from underneath its hull.
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- Dockers relive ship blaze drama DOCK workers have told of the dramatic moment when dozens of firefighters tackled a blaze on a ship at a Southampton marina.
- Parents' safety horror on 'shambolic' Harmony of the Seas THE world’s biggest cruise ship is “like a construction site” and poses several safety risks, according to some of its first paying customers.
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