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Passengers and motorists are benefiting from work to refurbish a major railway bridge in St Helens.

Passenger journeys and residents’ homes are now protected after moving land was secured beside the West Coast main line in Stoke-on-Trent.

Network Rail is inviting people in Burscough in West Lancashire to have their say on plans to improve level crossing safety in the town.

Emergency repair work has taken place to repair a landslip on the railway in Kidderminster so passengers could be kept on the move.

Onboard driver CCTV has caught the moment two women and a dog narrowly missed being hit by a train at a Lancashire level crossing this week.

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.