Shan Ahmed Khan

A flagship peak‑time train from Manchester to London is set to become Britain’s most infamous “ghost train” – running almost every weekday morning with a full crew but no passengers on board. From 15 December 2025, the 7:00 Avanti West Coast service from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston, one of the UK’s fastest intercity trains, will be barred from carrying paying customers for around five months following a ruling by the rail regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).BBC News Feeds+2The Guardian+2 The service will still depart Manchester at 07:00 and arrive in London just before 09:00, but will

Sydney, Australia – 1 December 2025 — Bayside Council has released a suite of significant decisions from its 26 November meeting, outlining a push for a new Bexley train station on the proposed Kogarah–Parramatta rail line, formally adopting the Our Backyard River campaign for the Cooks River, tightening its stance on dangerous jet ski use in Botany Bay, and exploring a dedicated shorebird protection zone along the foreshore.Bayside Council+4Mirage News+4Mirage News+4 Together, the moves underscore a joined‑up agenda: better public transport, healthier waterways and safer, more environmentally sensitive use of Bayside’s prized coastline. A New Bexley Train Station on the

Canberra — 1 December 2025: The Albanese government has announced the most significant shake‑up of Australia’s defence bureaucracy in half a century, creating a powerful new Defence Delivery Agency (DDA) to rein in multibillion‑dollar cost blowouts and years of delays across major military projects. ABC+1 The new body will merge three of Defence’s most important acquisition and sustainment arms and report directly to ministers, as Canberra prepares to spend an extra A$70 billion on defence over the next decade in an increasingly contested Indo‑Pacific. 9News+2Defence Ministers+2 What the government has announced Under the reforms unveiled in Canberra today, the government