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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 Jul 2012

    PM David Cameron announces £9bn investment in UK #rail network - "the biggest since Victorian times"http://bbc.in/NqTxIU 

    2:58 AM - 16 Jul 2012
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      1. Daniel Avis‏ @DanielMarkAvis 16 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking so how's this going to help the UK economy?

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      1. Pilot_Paul‏ @pilot_paul 16 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking thought that David Cameron had said Rain Investment not rail investment.

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      1. brian nason‏ @noseypeople2 16 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking why is it that once again scotland is left out - no wonder they want 2 leave the union - glasgow is a major uk city

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      1. Aaron‏ @bowling23 16 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking They need the upgrade and they needed to increase spending, the Olympics forces change because of the press coverage

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      1. London First‏Verified account @London_First 16 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking announcement on rail investment is positive - but we also need to think about planning future schemes like Crossrail 2

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      1. Love, Chris  ♿️ 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 🇪🇺‏ @CWTWheely 16 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking this is one thing you'd better not do a u-turn on, Cameron

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      1. Dale Andrew Gibson‏ @dyingdeth 16 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking why? Why is David feckin Cameron wasting tax payers money on public transport?!? Spend it on something we actually care about

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      1. Christine Harrison‏ @HarrisonChris38 16 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking they'd already announced 5bn of it.

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      1. simon jones‏ @sijones65 16 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking in a further effort to recreate the victorian era, Cameron also announces the reopening of workhouses, to be run by g4s.

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      1. Carlo Ghezzi‏ @Carlo328gts 16 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking finally!!

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      1. pamela dobbie‏ @stoneygran 16 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking not UK but England and Wales !

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      1. Yomi Steve‏ @yomisteve 16 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking great innovation ,Dave

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      2. Kate Bevan‏Verified account @katebevan 16 Jul 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        .@BBCBreaking hardly breaking news: heavily trailed and in the diary, FFS

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      3. Dario Llinares‏ @dariodoubleL 16 Jul 2012
        Replying to @katebevan

        @katebevan @BBCBreaking And does this mean another hike in rail fares. #sillyquestion

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      1. dave‏ @elgoldave 16 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking £9bn rail spend in Uk? Surely its England and Wales that PM Cameron means.

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      1. Stacey DeAmicis‏ @ukadventuregurl 16 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking And yet NONE for the SW. Way to go Cameron on keeping the SW poor and out of reach.

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      2. Leanne‏ @dottles 16 Jul 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking bet there's nothing for the far south west!

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      3. Ian Lockyer‏ @ilockyer 16 Jul 2012
        Replying to @dottles

        @dottles @BBCBreaking or even the South West (that bit below Bristol)!

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      4. Leanne‏ @dottles 16 Jul 2012
        Replying to @ilockyer

        @ilockyer @BBCBreaking apparantly better access to heathrow, better access to the capital and other major cities would be nice too huh!

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