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Transport Secretary Chris Grayling feels that the whole rail industry needs an overhaul, and he is now considering adopting new approaches from other countries.

"Each of the organisations involved need to look at how they themselves are organised... I think it's a system problem, it's the way the whole industry works," he told Today.

"There's a number of approaches I've highlighted - one is to have an integrated regional train service like they have in Japan, another is to look at the way Transport for London operates its rail services which have performance-related factors and a much more integrated way at running the tracks and the trains."

However, he does not think that the rail industry should be nationalised, because of the issues it has had in the past, and he pointed out that many of the failings in the new report focused on the state-owned parts of the railways.

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Almost three quarters of university students from London will be from ethnic minorities by the end of the next decade, say researchers.

The analysis, based on demographic changes and university entry rates, shows 27% of students from London will be white - down from 37% at present.

White students will still be the biggest ethnic group - followed by 21% from African backgrounds, up from 17%.

The report, from a university access group, forecasts "hyper-diversity".

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"No-one took charge" during the timetable chaos that caused severe disruption on Britain's railways in May, a regulator has said.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) blamed a lack of "responsibility and accountability" for the problems and said passengers were "badly treated".

It said track manager Network Rail, the Department for Transport and two train companies - Northern and Govia Thameslink - "had all made mistakes".

It came as the government promised a major review of Britain's railways

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Three water companies face greater scrutiny from the watchdog after posting poor customer service records.

Bristol Water, Surrey-based SES Water and Southern Water must provide quarterly reports of how they'll reduce complaints from 3.5 million customers.

The watchdog's annual complaints report probed suppliers' actions when 200,000 customers were left without water after March's Beast from the East storm.

The industry says it will invest £50bn from 2020 to 2025 to improve services.

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There are severe delays on the London Overground from Clapham Junction to Surrey Quays due to an person ill on a train at Wandsworth Road.

A speed restriction over defective track between Crowhurst and Stonegate means that trains have to run at reduced speed on the line into London Charing Cross and Cannon Street.

Chiltern services into Marleybone are running up to five minutes late.

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Psychosis, murder and suicide - how Spanish flu ravaged a post-war world.

A London artist turns obsolete items such as VHS tapes and floppy disks into art.

The Canadian singer was spotted busking outside Buckingham Palace in London.

The inquest is shown footage of Khalid Masood buying knives and collecting the car used in the 2017 attack.

CCTV of a car crashing into a Gravesend nightclub has been released by police.

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Jurors have been shown footage of the moment a car was driven down an alley and onto the dance floor of Blake's nightclub on 17 March.

Eight people were injured.

It's alleged 21-year-old Mohammed Abdul, from Deptford, carried out the attack after being ejected from the club for being drunk.

Mr Abdul denies attempted murder and causing GBH with intent.

Mohammed Abdul had been thrown out of the club but returned in his car, a court has heard.

Middlesex take control to reduce Derbyshire to 222-6 at Lord's, where high winds cause an unusual interruption.

The inquest into the deaths of five people is also shown CCTV footage of Khalid Masood's final movements.

The initiative will support education, sport and cultural activities for disadvantaged young people.

A report finds 81 London youth clubs and council youth projects have closed their doors since 2011.