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Dame Jacqueline Wilson (Ian West/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Dame Jacqueline Wilson has written a reimagined version of classic children’s story The Railway Children. The author’s new book The Primrose Railway Children will be published by Puffin in September. Edith Nesbit’s The Railway Children was originally published in 1906. (Ian West/PA) The book has been illustrated by Rachael Dean. The Railway Ch...

The Railway Children shunted into the modern day, with new themes of isolation and anxiety Acclaimed author Dame Jacqueline Wilson says she wanted to explore the struggles children have to cope with in contemporary Britain 28 April 2021 • 5:06pm The retelling of The Railway Children will remove the 'fairytale' elements of the original Ever since its publication more than a century ago generations of readers have delighted in the adventures of the Railway Children and the intriguing characters they meet near their home. But Edith Nesbit’s classic novel is now being re-imagined by one of B...

FIVE CHILDREN AND IT AND THE PHOENIX AND THE CARPET 'I love her books, particularly the Five Children and It sequence' Neil Gaiman At a pet shop near the British Museum, the children discover their old friend the Psammead, caged and miserable. The children pool their pocket money together to rescue it, and in gratitude, the Psammead tells them to buy an amulet - or rather, half an amulet. Incomplete, the magic charm can take them to any place and time to search for its other half; but when the amulet is whole, it will have the power to give the children their hearts' desire.

Two 'totally irresponsible' women have been slammed after they were pictured walking along a live railway track with a buggy and child in tow. It comes only days after officials urged people to steer clear of railway lines ahead of the Easter break.  British Transport Police issued a series of warnings ahead of the long weekend urging people to stay of the tracks after reports of several incidents in different areas of the UK. The appalling photograph captured the seemingly oblivious women and child as they took a shortcut along Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (KWVR) in West Yorkshire on ...

Michael Portillo’s 12th series of Great British Railway Journeys returns in spring  Credit: John Hall/BBC While hundreds of largely empty trains run on Britain’s transport systems during the pandemic, our gorgeous heritage lines are shut by government order. The day they reopen – maybe alongside pubs and restaurants – will be an occasion for national celebration. Those antique railways offer so much that is good. They represent our history. They were restored by determined people offering up chunks of their precious time on earth so we could experience unforgettable moments of nostal...