Founded in 1996, the Rhone Group is owned and managed by financiers Robert Agostinelli and Steven Langman.

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Mr Langman said he went to rescue friends in a flooded house in the area by boat on Sunday.

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Mr Langman said the electrification announcement of the Swansea and Valley lines was made back at the beginning of last summer.

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"It's early days in our planning and we're already working on using new innovations to try and keep disruption to passengers to a minimum, " Mr Langman said.

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Zane Langman, who works at the farm owned by his in-laws, said the crocodiles tend to be more active at night as they move about looking for water.

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Zane Langman, the son-in-law of the farm's owner, told the newspaper that many of the crocodiles had escaped into dense bush and the Limpopo River, the second biggest in South Africa.

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South Africa's Beeld newspaper quoted Mr Langman as saying that some of the crocodiles had been recaptured on a school rugby pitch in Muskina, a town on the border with Zimbabwe about 120km from the farm.

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"Whilst deaths and injuries are thankfully few, these actions by those who are either impatient or ignorant of the law cause great cost, delay and disruption to both rail and road passengers across Britain, " Mr Langman added.

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Its skipper Sean Langman reported that his boat -- crewed by sports stars including former cricketer Matthew Hayden, rugby players Phil Kearns and Phil Waugh plus surfing world champion Layne Beachley and swimmer Geoff Huegill -- had experienced several problems.

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