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The major NHS report calling for internal structural changes has been released today. It states that by 2020 the NHS will cost us around £137bn however this can be brought down by efficiently changes however a further £8bn will still be needed by 2020 on top of budget increases in line with...

Another of our state assets is put up for sale today; the treasurys 40% stake of Eurostar will be sold off today to help pay off the deficit. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29588412 Typical Labour Party response, surely this demonstrates that they aren't the party of the left anymore...

From the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29489170 Nothing on the DfT site yet I imagine all will be announced on Monday.

I put ios 8 onto may ipad yesterday and it's less than great but I've been persevering. But today the thing I use the most on it, Safari, has been playing up. For example as I type this the page is moving up and down with every letter that's typed, furthermore the page no longer fits the screan...

I don't know if anyone else saw this weeks episode but it was quite a shock to see Ian throw away his work, especially since Chetna had the same issues with the ice cream melting! On twitters there's lots of controversy surrounding Diana and her actions some even saying she sabotaged his show...

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/14/nhs-eye-operations-private-provider-musgrove Yet another example of how outsourcing (privatising) bits of the NHS is failing the general public.

I was browsing the 28dayslater website and was looking at a report from 'Norden Train Graveyard' ( http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php/91448-Norden-Train-Graveyard-Dorset-July-2014 ) and came across a carriage that didn't look like the others there nor a standard passenger coach...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/public-interest-will-allow-fracking-on-world-heritage-sites-9631877.html I hope I'm not the only one thinking, how is fracking on or next to a site which is internationally recognised as historically important because of its heritage in the...

I'm currently reading through Augusts modern railways and on the first page of Rodger Ford's informed sources it includes a table of ordered rolling stock which includes the SWT 150 carriages HLOS order. I was surprised to see that Siemens were listed in the table as the preferred bidder - and...

I was wondering which station in the country has the most different types of trains calling at it, I was thinking maybe manchester Piccadilly which sees: M5000s, 142s, 150s, 156s, 158s, 170s, 175s, 185s, 220s, 221s, 323s, 350s and 390s And you could even include 222s (which EMT sends through on...

http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/traction-rolling-stock/single-view/view/london-overground-emu-shortlist-announced.html Siemens CAF Bombardier Hitachi

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/03/rail-network-franchises-labour-plan

This weekend there is a fair bit of work going on however the key part is at Victoria which will see the switch take place, to illustrate this better I've created a diagram to show the phases. The line switches to the new city bound line allowing the old inbound line to be removed and built...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/06/16/once-again-u-s-has-most-expensive-least-effective-health-care-system-in-survey/?tid=rssfeed Good to know that what is still our NHS offers the best care and is also the most efficient system. It just makes me sad that in 20 years...

Has anyone been on 142039 recently, I travelled aboard it on Thursday and one half was shut off with water pouring into it. I was wondering if anyone's seen it in service recently or if it's been confined to Newton Heath for a few days while it's fixed?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-27563466 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-27563466 The part that annoys me is: so they're dropped two really good books basically because one man has decided he doesn't really like them:roll: Anyone else got any opinions on this?

I was thinking about future withdrawals which led me to the question of what units we think will be entering the national collection over the next 10 years. There's the obvious of at least one HST power car although i wouldn't be surprised if a few mark IIIs make their way into the collection...

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/309926/gw-consultation-document.pdf?utm_source=http%3a%2f%2femail.passengerfocus.org.uk%2fpassengerfocuslz%2f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Exchange+Issue+13&utm_term=Franchise+consultation%2c+workshop+updates+and+ORR+publi...

As of this Sunday, the second phase of Altrincham line TMS conversion will be completed. This will follow on from the already commissioned section from Trafford Bar junction to Old Trafford & Depot Connections. This phase will bring real time running information all the way down to Brooklands...

Just been confirmed on twitter: Ironically the image they attached was of 1008 (a T68) Farewell tour though, hmm ;)