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Teenagers filmed doing handstands on train tracks

Footage of two teenage girls practising handstands on tracks has been released by Network Rail as part of a warning about railway dangers.

The CCTV, taken from a level crossing at Attenborough, in Nottinghamshire, also shows people lying and sitting on the line and posing for pictures.

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29 November 2021

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