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Digital timepiece is UK rail’s first national clock in more than 50 years and will be seen at stations across the country

Errol Campbell, who died in 2004, had his convictions for theft and conspiracy to steal quashed.

Other lives: One of the last surviving passengers of HMT Empire Windrush who played an active role in his north-west London community

Triarchos Eraklides, of Enfield, died in February last year just two months after being diagnosed with mesothelioma

In 2025 Britain is marking the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. Many will be quick to celebrate the legacy of steam engines and the old red lion railway logo, but there’s one bit of Britain’s railway that perhaps doesn’t get enough praise – British Rail. Abbreviated to BR, the…

These 6 different routes could be just the ticket.

It is thought that the logo will feature the colours of the Union Jack

“This is the age of the train” was the British Rail catchphrase in the late 1970s, showcasing advances in technology, such as tilting trains, and advanced transport hubs, like the Euston station complex.

Kenneth Grange was a colossus of post-war design. With a career spanning six decades, his mission for improvement touched everything from trains to fountain pens, taxis to toothbrushes