Heritage steam railway welcome back passengers for grand reopening
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is readying facilities to greet passengers again
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway locomotives are checked in readiness for visitors (Image: Charlotte Graham / CAG Photography Ltd)
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It’s full steam ahead for the volunteers of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) in readiness for a long-awaited reopening.
The show also featured two new award categories. Most Innovative Fundraising Idea reflected the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on heritage rail. Diesel Locomotion acknowledged the importance of diesel power in railway history.
The HRA Awards recognise a wide range of achievements and distinctions across the entire heritage railway industry, and the awards acknowledge individuals and institutions as well as railways, tramways and cliff railways. In spite of the overwhelming impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, several categories saw a record number of submissions and shortlisted entrants.
The Lord Faulkner Award for the Young Volunteer of the Year recognises the crucial importance of succession generations in securing the future of heritage rail, and acknowledges a distinguished contribution made by one or more young volunteers, under the age of 26. The winner was Oliver Edwards, of the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway. Runners-up were the Severn
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Lonely binman parading under Love Feet Forever username jailed for targeting teens
Andrew Rash had previously been convicted for harassing a 15-year-old
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Andrew Rash has been jailed
A lonely North Lincolnshire binman preyed on young boys, telling them he wanted to take their socks off under the username love feet forever.
Andrew Rash, of Barton-upon-Humber, has been jailed for three years after messages he sent on instant messaging app KIK were uncovered.
Rash, 37, appeared at Grimsby Crown Court to be sentenced for two separate indictments involving three offences of attempting to communicate sexually with a child and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
Foot fetish binman wanted to take socks off young boys
Lonely Andrew Rash went under the username Love Feet Forever
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A lonely binman preyed on young boys, telling them he wanted to take their socks off while operating online under the username Love Feet Forever .