Bob Dale
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English Channel swim record targeted by UK Olympians (opens the original)
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A group of Olympic swimmers are hoping to break the record for swimming the English Channel in a relay. The record for the 33 km (20.5 miles) swim from Dover to Cap Gris-Nez in France currently stands at six hours and 52 minutes, set by the United States National Swimming Team in 1990. The British swimmers will make their attempt between 15 and 25 September depending on the weather, and will raise money for the charity Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS). The team is triple Olympic gold medallis
Lineside fire disrupts trains between London and Sussex coast (opens the original)
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Rail services between London, Sussex and Surrey are facing disruption after a lineside fire caused "extensive damage" to signalling equipment. Operator Southern Railways said the blaze happened between Gatwick Airport in West Sussex and Purley in Croydon, south London, on Sunday evening. On Monday afternoon it said all lines had now reopened, but disruption was expected to continue until after 17:00 BST. On social media the company said: "Our engineers are working really hard to return our railw
River Stour and the Blean conservation work to get £1m boost (opens the original)
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Beavers, endangered butterflies and birds will be among the species to benefit from a £1.28m government grant. The money has been awarded to the Kent Wildlife Trust, through Natural England's Species Recovery Programme, backed by The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). It will be spent on projects on the River Stour, with Kent the home to England's largest population of wild beavers, and ancient woodland at the Blean, near Canterbury. The Trust said the award shows the co
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