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completed in the early 2030s. Electrification will allow train operators
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A stretch of the Midland Mainline is set to have its overhead lines switched on, which Network Rail has described as “a big milestone”.
The work, which started in late 2020,
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Since 10 December last year to date 17 reports of courier fraud have than £135,000.
During the incidents the victims have received a call from someone cl use of the victim’s bank card.
Paul Wenlock from the force’s economic crime unit, said: “We are gr victim’s trust over a period of a few weeks and ensuring they don’t s
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that local people, including the business community, have an ongoing say on how policing should be delivered.
“The survey should only take a few minutes to complete, and I urge everyone who lives or works in the city and two counties to make the time to take part.” The survey asks people to rank priorities in several key areas from supporting
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For the upgrades to take place, 18 bridges
were either knocked down or rebuilt along
the route to make room for the 22 miles
(36km) of new overhead wires.
The project is part of a wider scheme
to electrify the route between London
and Sheffield, which is expected to be
to switch from diesel-powered to electric engines which are lighter and quieter. The new network actively reduce the
ople were duped out of large sums of money after being contacted by bogus police
through to tackling serious violence
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