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Emergency work is taking place to repair a landslip on the West Coast main line between Milton Keynes and Birmingham .

• Rail improvements announced for Greater Manchester as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) boost to Northern economy
• Improvements require 16-day railway closure in August between Manchester Victoria and Rochdale/Stalybridge stations
• Rail leaders commit to keep passengers moving between Leeds and Manchester by train
• Replacements buses will be in operation on the Calder Valley line between Rochdale and Manchester Victoria stations

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.

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

Passenger journeys are being made more reliable with railway drainage and bridge replacement work underway in Greater Manchester.

Network Rail’s helicopter team is surveying the railway as flood waters recede across the North West after Storm Christoph.

A tractor driver has been caught on video dumping suspected floodwater into a railway station car park.