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Train companies handed £400m of taxpayers’ cash [subscription]

Taxpayers had to fork out more than £400 million to prop up loss-making train companies last year, renewing calls to renationalise the railways.

First Group shares sink as losses widen after Greyhound charge

First Group’s share price sank today as it fell to a £187m half-year loss as transport charges hobbled the firm while doubts weigh over the future of its West Coast Rail franchise.

Qantas' London to Sydney flight sets record for world's longest non-stop journey

Passengers saw two sunrises - one in Europe and one in Asia - as the Qantas Dreamliner flew non-stop from London Heathrow to Sydney with just 50 people on board the test flight