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Leaders <a href=https://www.cup-stanley.at>stanley thermobecher</a>  in the north of England fear that a new 拢39bn railway line could be scaled back, with the region ending up with a  cheap and nasty  alternative instead.The Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, and others are concerned that the government wants to water down plans to build Northern Powerhou <a href=https://www.stanley-cups.com.es>termo stanley</a> se Rail  NPR , which is supposed to halve <a href=https://www.stanley-cup.com.de>stanley cup</a>  journey times in the region. Currently, travelling coast to coast by train in the north can take longer than getting from Leeds to Paris by rail.Burnham told a meeting on Thursday that the people of the north of England  will not forgive us  if their leaders did not fight against the region being palmed off with a  cut-price railway in the north and a fully funded railway everywhere else .拢27bn roads plan in doubt after Shapps overrode official adviceRead moreSometimes described as  Crossrail for the north  鈥撀燼 nod to Londons vastly delayed, 拢18.7bn line 鈥撀燼 properly funded NPR would be  the single most important infrastructure project in the north-west in the 21st century and potentially the most significant rail intervention in our region since the Rainhill trials, which led to the development of the worlds first passenger rail line between Liverpool and Manchester almost 200 years ago , according to Steve Rotheram, the metro mayor of the Liverpool city region.Burnham said the leaders had a duty to ensure NPR was built in full, describing it as a decision that would  define the north of England for the rest of this century, and indeed, t Xgfy US supreme court declines to take up fetal personhood case
A Christian children s worker has mounted a test case at the court of appeal for the right not to work on a Sunday.Celestina Mba, 38, said she was forced from her job at a children s home in south-west London after it refused to allow her to observe the sabbath as a  <a href=https://www.cups-stanley-cups.uk>stanley cup</a> day of rest.In a case expected to have far-reaching consequences for faith in the workplace, three of Britain s most senior judges will decide whether employers have a duty to provide a  reasonable accommodation  for the beliefs of Christian workers.Employment lawyers believe that a ruling in Mba s favour could pave the way for followers of other religions to not work on their holy day.Speaking outside the court of appeal on Wednesday, Mba said:  I m here hoping to have my individual right to worship. It s a relationship between me and God and no on <a href=https://www.stanleycups.co.nz>stanley cup</a> e can determine what that is between us. I think people have forgotten common sense and how to accommodate people. This shouldn t be happening. A reasonable accommodation of people s beliefs would make life so much easier. Mba has become a cause c茅l猫bre for campaigners who believe that the courts have refused to protect  core components of Christian practice  in the workplace, while granting protection to other fa <a href=https://www.stanleycups.pl>stanley polska</a> iths.Andrea Minichiello Williams, a barrister whose group, the Christian Legal Centre, is supporting Mba, said:  Celestina s case continues a trend where we are seeing secular courts ruling on core components of Christian
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