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Network Rail is reminding users of level crossings across Wales of the importance of using level crossings safely and understanding the safety measures put in place to keep them from harm.

Network Rail is reminding users of level crossings in the North East, Yorkshire and the East Midlands about the importance of using level crossings safely and understanding the safety measures put in place to keep them from harm.

Services to Greenwich and Dartford are disrupted this evening following an incident with a freight train near Charlton.

Members of the public are invited to take part in a rare opportunity to walk across the iconic Royal Albert Bridge following the completion of work to return the 150-year-old structure to its former glory.

After four days of intensive talks between Network Rail, the RMT, TSSA and Unite unions, ACAS has helped the parties formulate a set of revised proposals that the trades unions will now take away to consider. Recognising this, the RMT has agreed to suspend the industrial action planned for this week and next.

The company and the RMT are meeting today, with ACAS, to seek to resolve the current dispute and avert strike action.

Once again the RMT leadership have failed to get their members to accept a pay offer from Network Rail that they had agreed to in discussions with ACAS.

Major upgrade work that will see £83million spent on improving railway performance for passengers and freight operators in North Lincolnshire starts in Grimsby this weekend.