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Profits slashed at train operator Transpennine Express despite £260m government support

Transpennine Express, along with Northern Trains and Avanti West Coast, has come under fire in recent months over delayed and cancelled services

Birmingham Post

Avanti West Coast handed shareholders £13.5m ahead of complaints jumping to almost 10 times the national average

Avanti took over the running of the west coast mainline from Virgin Trains in December 2019 and is 70% owned by FirstGroup and 30% owned by Trenitalia

Birmingham Post

Eagles forward charged with assault

Rookie West Coast AFL forward Isiah Winder will face a Victorian court later this year charged with assault over an incident in Geelong.

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David Pastrnak’s hat trick lifts Bruins to blowout win in Anaheim

The Bruins were not able to enjoy much of the sun in an unusually dreary California on their three-game excursion to the West Coast.

Boston Herald

The South’s Grip on College Football Is as Strong as Ever

After Monday’s national championship, the region will have won 17 of the sport’s last 18 titles.

Sports Illustrated

Takeaways from Heat’s win over Suns to clinch winning West Coast trip

PHOENIX — Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 104-96 win over the Phoenix Suns (20-20) on Friday night at Footprint Center to close its five-game West Coast trip at 3-2.

Miami Herald

The fate of America's largest lithium mine is in a federal judge's hands

West Coast Native American tribes are suing to stop the proposed lithium mine because they consider the land sacred. Proponents of the Nevada mine see it as vital for electric vehicle production.

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Deadly Combination Of Bomb Cyclone, Atmospheric River Drenches West Coast

At least two people died in the bomb cyclone that struck the West Coast Wednesday into Thursday.

Zenger

Takeaways and details from Heat’s road win over Clippers to move 2 games above .500

LOS ANGELES — Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 110-100 win over the Los Angeles Clippers (21-18) on Monday night at Crypto.com Arena to improve to 2-1 on their five-game West Coast trip.

Miami Herald

West Coast main rail line closed all week due to landslip ahead of further strikes

‘This is a very challenging project, but we are working hard to reopen the railway as quickly as we can,’ says Network Rail

The Independent UK

What is an atmospheric river, responsible for the heavy rainfall on the West Coast?

An atmospheric river is a relatively narrow channel of wind, hence the "river," that transports water vapor from the tropics to the West Coast, where it's producing rain and heavy winds.

WEKU

What are the ‘atmospheric rivers’ hitting the US West Coast?

Huge ‘atmospheric rivers’ have resulted in torrential downpours, high winds and flood watches.

Al Jazeera

Atmospheric rivers sweeping West Coast trigger flooding and power outages

All 11 states in the Western U.S. were under weather alerts due to the storm.

Axios

Rosebery fire on Tasmania's west coast 'burned down essential accommodation amid housing shortage'

Essential accommodation for mine workers on Tasmania's west coast has been destroyed in a bushfire that raged through the small community of Rosebery — with authorities set to review warnings which were sent out during the emergency.

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Edinburgh Live

West coast reporter tries Edinburgh slang words for the first time and it's hysterical

Our reporter Angus took on the unenviable task as an outsider of trying to guess the meaning of some of the most popular slang phrases and terms that are used by Edinburgh locals.

Manchester Evening News

Snoop Dogg announces rescheduled tour with Manchester 2023 date

The West Coast rapper is returning to the UK in March 2023 with support from Warren G, D-12, Xzibit and more

Newsroom.co.nz

All we want for Christmas is our fossil

Amid a call to “string ’em up” and a possible $300,000 fine, cooler West Coast heads just want a pair of fossil fossickers to hand back their ill-gotten gains

The Guardian - UK

Avanti West Coast rewarded with over £4m in taxpayer-funded bonuses

Payout awarded for period in which Avanti was UK’s worst train operator for delays, Labour analysis found

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Daily Mirror

Train company bosses issue grovelling apologies for letting down passengers

It came as Rishi Sunak said the Government is 'closely monitoring' Avanti's recovery plan - and a Tory MP urged him to cancel their West Coast contract if the company fails to 'get their act together'

The Independent UK

Avanti West Coast: ‘It’s barely possible to travel around the North of England by rail,’ MPs told

MPs told of train chaos on Avanti West Coast – but operator promises ‘a stable timetable that we can deliver’ is now running

The Guardian - UK

‘Masterclass in poor service’: rail passenger hits out at Avanti over £589 ticket

Performer criticises operator over cancellations in journey after paying ‘eye-watering’ price for first-class Brighton-Bangor return

The Guardian - UK

Mount Westmore: Snoop, Cube, 40, $hort review – harmless nostalgia and charmless bluster

The west coast rap supergroup’s album works reasonably well at times, but there are more misses than hits

Manchester Evening News

Avanti West Coast staff 'have no confidence train operator can improve', union says

A new national timetable is due to come into force from Sunday

Manchester Evening News

Disabled man repeatedly 'forced to sit on floor' on rammed Avanti West Coast trains

'I get a lot of people who look at me and go: ‘you’re not disabled’ and then I have to explain myself'

The Independent UK

1st US floating offshore wind auction nets $757M off Calif

The first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms in the deep waters off the West Coast raised $757 million in bids, from mostly European companies

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