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Young people in Bedford are being urged to consider becoming an apprentice with Network Rail as the company launches its 2013 advanced apprenticeship scheme.

Six men whose attacks on railway and communications cable across Hertfordshire, Essex, Leicestershire, Buckingham and London cost almost £715,000 have been jailed.

• Network Rail sets out biggest investment in infrastructure since the Victorian era
• £2.2bn investment in the east of England to maintain and renew railway to boost capacity and deliver a more reliable service for passengers

Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn (centre) opens one of the two platforms lengthened to accommodate the first 12-carriage trains at Finsbury Park flanked by (right) First Capital Connect managing director Neal Lawson and (left) Network Rail route director Phil Verster

290 people have been involved in slips, trips or falls at stations across the Anglia route in 2011/12 – the majority at Liverpool Street station - so Network Rail is urging passengers to watch their step in the run up to Christmas.

Abellio train operator Greater Anglia today (Monday December 10) introduced a new hourly service between Ipswich and Lowestoft after work to install a passing loop was completed at Beccles.