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Network Rail is advising Dorridge residents of essential railway investment which will take place near their homes over the summer.

Heavy rainfall across the Anglia region caused severe disruption to passengers travelling in from Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex into London this morning, as flooding at Manor Park, Seven Kings, Maryland and Ilford, between Colchester and Manningtree and between Shoeburyness and London Fenchurch Street meant it was unsafe to run trains through the affected areas.

On Women in Engineering Day, Eliane Algaard, director of route asset management for Anglia, explains why she chose a career in engineering.

Emergency work to repair the railway between Buxton and Hazel Grove is due to be completed this week so train services can resume on Saturday.

The new Borders Railway won Most Innovative Project at this year's Scottish Transport Awards.

A number of railway arches which make up a disused section of railway will be removed this weekend as work continues to build the Ordsall Chord.

Over 40 tonnes of soot has been removed from the Severn Tunnel – an important milestone in the preparatory work ahead of a six week project to upgrade the railway running through the 130-year-old tunnel this autumn.

A major milestone has been achieved by the project to rebuild the railway at Dover, despite the actions of a group of youths throwing rocks at workers.