Archive for July 1st, 2009
Has rail privatisation hit the buffers?
It was announced earlier that the government has sacked the bus company National Express from running one the main rail franchise and aims to bring it back into state ownership. National Express managed the East Coast mainline franchise, which runs trains from London and serves several cities in England and Scotland. It also manages three [...]
Royal Mail sell off 'postponed', not axed
Plans to sell off postal services may have been put on the backburner… until after the next General Election. Business secretary Lord Mandelson had hoped to force through the sell-off before Parliament’s summer recess, but there has been so much opposition from the unions, staff, the public, and lately, Labour MPs. Even Prime Minister Gordon [...]
'Notorious' train robber 'won't be released'
The infamous train robber Ronnie Biggs will not be released from prison to die a free man, despite his ailing health. Justice secretary Jack Straw rejected a recommendation that Biggs be freed on parole. This may understandibly satisfy the victims’ families, but to many of us, like myself, too young to know or understand what [...]
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