A
Scottish
court
is
set
to
deal
today
with
the
prosecution
case
against
Network
Rail
following
the
fatal
Carmont
derailment.
Three
people
on
board
a
train
were
killed
in
2020
when
it
was
derailed
by
debris
washed
on
to
the
track
near
Stonehaven
on
12
August,
which
was
a
day
of
heavy
storms.
Some
of
the
vehicles
in
the
ScotRail
HST
were
overturned
down
an
embankment
in
the
crash,
which
claimed
the
lives
of
45-year
old
driver
Brett
McCullough,
58-year
old
conductor
Donald
Dinnie
and
62-year
old
passenger
Christopher
Stuchbury.
The
charges
have
not
been
specified,
but
will
be
brought
at
Aberdeen
High
Court 
by
His
Majesty’s
Advocate
under
section
76
of
the
Criminal
Procedure
(Scotland)
Act
1995,
which
applies
where
notice
has
been
given
that
a
defendant
will
plead
guilty.

HS2
viaduct

Solihull
Metropolitan
Borough
Council
has
approved
HS2’s
plans
for
a
425m
viaduct
which
will
cross
Balsall
Common.
The
plans
incorporate
local
feedback
over
environmental
sustainability,
integration
with
the
landscape,
the
structure’s
design
and
public
access.The
project
is
being
led
by
HS2’s
main
works
contractor,
Balfour
Beatty
VINCI,
supported
by
a
Design
Joint
Venture
of
Mott
MacDonald
and
SYSTRA
and
architects
Weston
Williamson
+
Partners,
who
have
been
collecting
the
opinions
of
local
people.
The
plans
include
wet
woodland
planting
with
native
species,
woodland
edge
planting
to
provide
screens
and
hedgerow
planting
to
improve
the
conditions
for
wildlife.

Train
trips
for
ten
pence

Northern
has
released
a
final
100,000
tickets
as
part
of
its
Flash
Sale,
all
priced
at
10p.
They
must
be
bought
at
least
seven
days
in
advance
of
travel.
The
journeys
include
York
to
Blackpool
North,
Manchester
Piccadilly
to
Buxton
and
Sheffield
to
Leeds.
Northern
said
it
was
hoping
to
provide
’a
post-summer
holiday
boost
to
visitor
numbers’.
Northern’s
Sale
began
on
4
September,
with
five
million
tickets
offered
at
fares
between
50p
and
£2.
All
the
offers
close
at
18.00
today.