Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A helium balloon tangled up in 25,000-volt overhead electric cables caused rail delays today for thousands of train passengers in Manchester.
The incident has prompted an urgent warning from Network Rail. They said that 'while helium balloons are fun, they pose a real safety and performance risk to the railway'. READ MORE: "It's horrible to see...
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