Trains have been struck about 100 dangerous items in a 12-month period, Northern says.

The under-fire operator sets out an improvement plan but regional mayors say progress must come sooner.

The struggling rail firm has come up with a plan to help it improve services.

Issy Austin says a service to Manchester was so busy, she was "in and out of consciousness".

Molly has found her forever home with a train driver after being found abandoned at a rail depot.

Disruptions are expected until the end of Saturday across large parts of northern England.

Northern says it relies on using fax machines to communicate train cancellations among staff.

Charlotte Lay was then able to save her husband's life by helping him get a cancer diagnosis.