- A passenger train derailed near Lewes in East Sussex this afternoon, with several carriages overturned and about 150 people on board; at least two people were seriously injured and others hurt.
- Large emergency response on scene — fire, ambulance and police helped evacuate passengers, some were taken to a community centre and a few to hospital; lines through Lewes are closed causing major travel disruption.
- Cause is not yet known and investigators have been deployed; services were already running slowly in the heatwave, and this is the UK's second major rail incident in recent months.
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