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    Two crashed trains, with one coming down a bank
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    A large brown bull looks at the camera next to a sign that reads 'The Breakfast King'.
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    Composite image showing derailed train on the left and BBC correspondent standing in front of two emergency vehicles on the right
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    Sir Patrick Stewart is seen.
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    A split screen image. On the left a man wear grey hair. On the right an official, with their face blurred, handling video tapes.

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