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21/08/2015
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'Suspicious Bag' Cause Ongoing Rail Disruption
Further delays are expected to rail services in and out of Manchester Piccadilly station following an incident on Thursday night.
It is understood that a suspicious bag was found on Kirkmanshulme Lane just before 20:30 last night.
National Rail Enquiries reported cancellations and delays of up to 30 minutes to, from and through the station.
V&A And NGS Save Sculpture 'For The Nation'
London's V&A museum and the National Galleries of Scotland have saved classical sculpture, Campbell Sisters Dancing a Waltz, for the nation.
The sculpture by Lorenzo Bartolini depicts the lives of fashionable and wealthy Britons in Florence in the early 19th Century.
The sculpture had previously been sold to an overseas buyer, but was stopped from leaving the UK to allow time for the sale price to be matched by a UK bidder.
A group of arts charities helped raise the required £500,000.
China Bans Welsh Crab Imports
An import ban has been imposed on Welsh crab by China, amid claims that they contain a "metallic contaminant".
The Hong Kong-based Centre for Food Safety (CFS) announced an embargo on the sea creatures and warned people on Wednesday not to eat them.
The CFS said samples it had collected from the isle had "excessive" cadmium.
(MH)
Further delays are expected to rail services in and out of Manchester Piccadilly station following an incident on Thursday night.
It is understood that a suspicious bag was found on Kirkmanshulme Lane just before 20:30 last night.
National Rail Enquiries reported cancellations and delays of up to 30 minutes to, from and through the station.
V&A And NGS Save Sculpture 'For The Nation'
London's V&A museum and the National Galleries of Scotland have saved classical sculpture, Campbell Sisters Dancing a Waltz, for the nation.
The sculpture by Lorenzo Bartolini depicts the lives of fashionable and wealthy Britons in Florence in the early 19th Century.
The sculpture had previously been sold to an overseas buyer, but was stopped from leaving the UK to allow time for the sale price to be matched by a UK bidder.
A group of arts charities helped raise the required £500,000.
China Bans Welsh Crab Imports
An import ban has been imposed on Welsh crab by China, amid claims that they contain a "metallic contaminant".
The Hong Kong-based Centre for Food Safety (CFS) announced an embargo on the sea creatures and warned people on Wednesday not to eat them.
The CFS said samples it had collected from the isle had "excessive" cadmium.
(MH)
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