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Jim Fleming, wearing a blue jumper, smiles in a photo by a canal

'I just heard this thump as our train hit a tree'

Jim Fleming says he was travelling on the Transpennine Express service when the train hit a large tree.

Alex Davies lying in a hospital bed. He has brown stubble with a bandage around his head. He is wearing a black and grey top. Alex is smiling.

'My tears could help people survive brain tumours'

Alex Davies is taking part in a pioneering study that could see brain tumours being detected earlier.

Electrification work

Railway on track for £78m electrification project

The line between Bolton and Wigan is to be upgraded in a move described as a "game changer".

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