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Delude • Retreat • Indemnify • Prevaricate • Squander
It is now more than 550 days since RAIB
launched its inquiry into the injury
of a trackworker near Victoria Station.

Why is RAIB allowed to make such a
mockery of regulatory deadlines?

After £500,000 worth of research revealed that passengers like their trains to run on time, RSSB has commissioned three more research programmes with the aim of providing definitive answers to ages-old questions -

Ref No
Budget
 Project Title
XS01767
£610K + expenses
Can MPs be trusted?
XS01769
£430K
Is the Pope Catholic?
XS01772
£560K
Do bears shit in the woods?
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Die laughing at stupid signs
It may seem obvious that things left out in the rain will get wet. Not obvious enough, though, for authorities in central London - they have installed a sign!
Coffee club closes thanks to H&S
Health and safety rules have created a real storm in a coffee cup - a pensioners coffee morning has been axed because of fears a hot drink might be spilt over a child.
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Rail worker crushed by crane
Mark Murray, who died while working on the WCML at Rugby, was crushed by the crane he was controlling, an inquest has heard.
Railmen killed as RRV reversed
A jury has heard that two railwaymen were killed by a track maintenance vehicle because operational safety rules were ignored or inadequate.
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This is how long we've been waiting for RAIB to publish reports
into these trackworker-related accidents:
Serious injury: Victoria
[clock1]
Serious injury: Kennington
[clock2]
Serious injury: Stevenage
[clock3]
Injury: Dalston Kingsland
[clock4]
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