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Residents in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, are invited to a public event to hear more about plans to close Holts Lane footpath crossing.

Work is taking place along the Cumbrian coast to protect the railway from the seas which constantly batter the line.

Temperatures approaching 50 degrees Celsius are usually reserved for Death Valley in California or certain parts of the Middle East - not the north of England.

Network Rail today warned train customers of forthcoming disruption as it works to complete its Manchester-Bolton-Preston railway upgrade.

Network Rail engineers have completed the first stage of upgrades in an eight week programme to remodel station platforms and upgrade signalling as part of Liverpool Lime Street station’s major transformation.

Passengers travelling in the Greater Manchester area and from Manchester to Yorkshire and the North East are reminded to check before they travel this weekend as upgrades to the railway take place.

Network Rail is inviting residents to find out more about fencing and vegetation work in Den Lane, Uppermill, Oldham.

Direct services to run between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Victoria and Wigan