More bedbugs spotted in passenger carriages of Southeastern trains Yet the company insists there weren't any. Meanwhile, we've been shown photos. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…

Borgmestre kritiserer Banedanmark for voldsom støj nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2026-…

British electricity mix at 6pm on 13th Aug 2026 🔥 Gas 42.6% Biomass 12.2% ☀️ Wind 6.0% Solar 10.7% Hydro 1.5% ⚛️ Nuclear 11.2% 🔋 Storage 4.0% ➡️Imports 11.6% 🔌 Generation 34GW Carbon intensity 244 gCO2e/kWh Solar is producing more than wind

🚨NEW: South Western Railway has seen the proportion of late trains surge from 34% to 46% since being brought into public ownership by the government Labour had promised re-nationalisation would improve railways

West of England line electrification: ✅ 25kV AC OLE ❌ 750V DC Very few DC trains in operation aren't dual voltage capable to comply with the European TSIs (and now our own NTSNs), meaning they are reasonably* easily** converted for both... Spot the empty pantograph well!

HS2 is the biggest public policy failure in this countries unbelievably long history. Instead of a standard high-speed line, egos pushed us to trying to create the fastest mainline in the world. Now it costs a fortune, is taking 3 times as long as promised and going nowhere.

The UK faces water shortages because government forecasts do not take into account the expansion of data centres, water companies have said. The government has “all but forgotten that most data centres require water to cool their systems”, according to a briefing to MPs from Water UK, a trade body representing water companies. The briefing suggested weakening environmental protections so that more water can be drawn from the environment to expand the AI sector. The government’s forecasts for water usage “explicitly exclude” data centres, the briefing said. The stinging critique said the government’s data centre plans said official forecasts are “fatally flawed”. Meanwhile, three government plans – the department for Science, Innovation and Technology “Delivering AI Growth Zones” plan, the AI for Science Strategy and the AI Opportunities Action Plan – all fail to mention water, the briefing said. “There appears to be an assumption that the country will always have enough water for its economic needs. Nothing could be further from the truth,” it said. Water UK used its briefing to propose reducing limits on water abstraction in water-stressed parts of the country. “Water companies could have these caps suspended temporarily, to allow them to enable data centre and other growth, while they develop new water supply options,” the briefing said. More than three quarters of data centres are located in the water-stressed east and south east of England. There are 520 data centres in the UK with around 100 more currently being planned. The Scottish government is considering a moratorium on building new data centres, which would put the UK’s AI strategy at risk. The proposal said AI data centres represent “overdevelopment”. One of Andy Burnham’s first acts as prime minister was to invite AI minister Kanishka Narayan to attend cabinet, suggesting that his government may stake a lot on AI boosting the economy. The most recent Ofwat data shows that water companies are wasting 2.87bn litres of water every day through leaky pipes - a fifth of all the water pumped into the network.