Emergency works to stabilise the embankment at Ingatestone on the Great Eastern Main Line will continue for the rest of the week after further issues were found during remedial work.

• Major improvement work means there are no trains to/from King’s Cross this weekend (Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 January)
• Buses also replace trains between Peterborough and Hitchin this weekend
• People must follow the latest Government guidance and only travel for limited reasons
• Further changes to services ahead of partial closure at King’s Cross between March and June

A team of Network Rail workers have played their part in tackling COVID-19 by volunteering to help set up the new large-scale Vaccination Centre near Exeter, Devon.

Network Rail has kickstarted a national laptop for schools volunteer programme which aims to donate at least 8,000 refurbished laptops to schools across Britain to support children learning at home and reduce waste. The first school to benefit was St. Willibrord's R.C. Primary School in Clayton, East Manchester, who received enough laptops for every pupil in the school to continue their learning from home during lockdown. Over 70 children took delivery of their laptop last week, with more devices due to be given to pupils in the coming days.

Thermal imaging cameras mounted to a Network Rail helicopter are keeping passengers and freight moving after heavy snowfall across the West Midlands.

Emergency works to stabilise the embankment at Ingatestone on the Great Eastern Main Line is progressing well and the work is expected to be completed by Wednesday.

A cat missing since Christmas Day has been reunited with her owner after a journey through one of Britain’s busiest railway stations.

An 11,000 tonne curved concrete box has been successfully pushed under the East Coast Main Line near Peterborough, in a first for UK engineering.