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Watch: Aerial footage shows train wreckage removal

Engineers have used a specialist crane to remove the two trains involved in Friday's fatal crash near Bedford.

Overhead power lines were removed to allow the crane to lift the carriages, which have been transported away by road.

An inspection will now take place, with any necessary track repairs being completed before the power lines are reinstated.

Network Rail has anticipated that the Midland Mainline will remain completely closed to both EMR and Thameslink trains until the end of the week.

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A teenage boy stands in the centre of the frame staring directly at the camera. He is wearing a black shirt and has blonde hair. Behind him are rows of gaming computers, glowing with a range of coloured lights. There are students in chairs playing games on these computers.

The students studying esports for a BTec

Marketing, nutrition and video editing, there is apparently more to esports than being good at games.

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Left, the train involved. Right, BBC reporter Jo Black.

Watch: What we know about the Bedford train crash

A train driver dies and 100 people are injured in the crash on Friday.

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Two small cheetah cubs sitting in a pile of straw with their mouths open.

Watch: Seven cheetah cubs born at Whipsnade Zoo

The cubs are the first to be born at the conservation zoo for 15 years.

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Caravans on newly built plots.

The field that became a travellers' site over a weekend

Aerial pictures show caravans on newly built pitches near an existing site at the edge of a village.

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A close up of a small black-and-rufous sengi, also known as an elephant shrew. It is standing on a forest floor covered with dry leaves and twigs.

Zoo celebrates birth of second pair of Sengi pups

It says Nuru and Mela are proving to be "exceptional parents".

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Baby elephant with ball

Baby elephant plays ball in time for World Cup

It is seen playing with a ball in his enclosure, only two days after his arrival.

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A woman wearing a burgandy coloured dress with blonde hair and glasses sat in front of a background depicting Westminister

Watch: Skier tackles Peruvian mountain ridge

Bedford alpinist Fay Manners reflects on having skied down Mount Ranrapalca's icy south-west ridge.

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Plane in the sky.

Moments before air show crash caught on camera

The footage shows the plane taking off then losing altitude before disappearing behind some trees.

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A man wearing a khaki green hoodie, wearing a pink rucksack and black-framed glasses, appears to talk or shout towards the camera. Crowds are behind him on the MK Dons football pitch, with the stands in the background.

MK Dons fans party on the pitch after promotion

Fans celebrate a return to League One after a 3-0 victory over Tranmere Rovers.

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Drone view of Black Cat roundabout contruction work

Will the Black Cat roundabout be finished on time?

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A large stream of water is flying into the air of a residential street.

Water jet sprays into air after stop tap failure

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A jet of water is spaying into the air near some resedential houses

Jet of water repaired after stop tap failure

Affinity Water says it apologises for any disruption caused.

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Camel

New camel calf named after female conservationist

The camel is named after the first female fellow of the Zoological Society of London, Sophia Raffles.

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5G mast on fire.

Watch: Firefighters tackle mobile phone mast blaze

Video shows the top of the 5G mast engulfed in flames after a suspected arson attack.

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Alex Goulding is mid-air jumping off the floor after doing a push-up in a plank position. He is wearing a dark green tank top, shorts and white trainers. He is performing the push up in front of a red curtain.

Watch man defy gravity with plyometric push-ups

Alex Goulding claims another world record for the most plyometric 180-degree push-ups in 60 seconds.

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Car with badly damaged wheel on the M1.

Watch: Car missing a wheel driven on M1 after crash

Motorway cameras capture the car hitting the central reservation before continuing badly damaged.

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Police officer unconscious in hospital.

CCTV captures moment police officer knocked unconscious by headbutt

The attack took place in hospital, where the man had been taken after his arrest over a car crash.

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A women in a hospital bed wearing a blue and white gown.

Woman reveals pain of living with endometriosis

"People have horrendous periods and think they just have to live with it... [but] you don’t," she says.

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Police 4x4 drives through deep flood water in a field of bushes and other flora. Tyre tracks are visible on the edge of the water and the police vehicle appears to be following them.

Watch: Police track stolen pickup to flooded field

Police had to drive through deep floodwater to find the Toyota Hilux hidden close to the A421.

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A group of women in aprons and themed outfits run down a street while holding frying pans with pancakes, taking part in The Olney Pancake Race. Spectators line the roadside, watching and taking photos in a residential neighborhood.

Watch: Runners sprint for Olney Pancake Race glory

Running at speed and flipping a pancake like your life depends on it is all part of the tradition.

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