Waste Awareness and Reduction Network, told the Associated Press in January.

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The Beeching Report of 1963 ushered in an era of significant reduction of the rail network - with about a third closed.

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"Just getting the macroeconomic fundamentals right isn't enough anymore, " says Masood Ahmed, head of the World Bank's Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network.

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Mr Verster, Route Managing Director for Network Rail, said there were a number of factors for the reduction in cable theft, including engineers developing cables that were harder to steal and easier to identify.

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