RAIL workers are still in a state of “chaos” over the collapse of construction giant Carillion, with most unhappy with the way the Government has handled the crisis, a study shows.

Research by the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union found that few of the affected rail employees had been contacted by the liquidator.

A survey of hundreds of RMT members at the end of last week also revealed that most were not satisfied with information they had been given by the Black Country firm and only one in 20 thought the Government had handled the situation well.

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US President Donald Trump has signed a bill reopening the country’s government and ending a 69-hour partial shutdown.

Mr Trump’s signature drew to a close a near-three day display of partisan dysfunction after Democrats reluctantly voted to temporarily pay for resumed operations.

They relented in return for Republican assurances that the Senate will soon take up the plight of young immigrant “dreamers” and other contentious issues.

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BRITAIN’S biggest police force witnessed a 700 per cent spike in the number of online child abuse cases referred to them by national investigators over three years, an inquiry has heard.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) alerted Scotland Yard to potential paedophiles operating over the internet on 647 occasions between January 1 and September 30 in 2017.

This marked a jump of 700 per cent since 2014, the national child abuse inquiry was told, fitting a pattern of “almost year-on-year” increases across all forces.

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YOUNGSTERS are being “disadvantaged most” by cuts to public health services, leading children’s doctors have said.

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) said there had been “destructive” reductions in preventive services.

A year on from its State of Child Health report, the RCPCH has examined how officials have attempted to tackle some of the issues facing child health and wellbeing.

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While the Government has taken some steps – including introducing the sugar tax on soft drinks and making sex and relationship education mandatory in all schools in England – the authors conclude that the health and wellbeing of youngsters across England remains “largely unchanged”.