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A Royal Navy submarine which was fully armed with nuclear missiles aborted a top secret operation after a fire broke out onboard.The £3billion HMS Victorious, which is one of Britain’s four Trident submarines, had been sailing to a base overseas when the electrical fire started six weeks ago. The Home Office is spending millions of pounds on taxis to transport migrants across the UK - with some drivers claiming they were told to drop off passengers at railway stations with no follow up. Officials have paid more than £3.7million in the past year alone for taxis, vans and buses to move asylum seekers, illegal migrants and unaccompanied minors, an analysis of public contracts revealed. Gary Neville, the former Manchester United footballer, 47, sparked a blacklash when he agreed to be a pundit for state broadcaster beIN SPORTS for the World Cup tournament - due to begin later this month. Neville has repeatedly insisted he will 'never shy away' from highlighting controversial issues while working for the broadcaster. Commuters can shell out more on railway station parking than on travelling on the train, campaigners said yesterday. Their research shows that some drivers face bills reaching as high as £3,000.In some cases it costs more to use a car parking space year-round than it does to take the train. Grant Shapps was facing fury last night after saying there ‘wasn’t really much point’ to a long-promised railway across northern England. Bonfire Night across the country erupted into chaos last night as thugs chucked fireworks at passers-by, set alight wheelie bins and threw explosives at police. Scenes of disarray were seen in Leeds and Edinburgh with police in Manchester and Merseyside reporting blockaded roads. Civil servants have spent £500,000 of taxpayer cash on mindfulness apps which have celebrities including Idris Elba and Kate Winslet reading bedtime stories to soothe users to sleep. Fly-tipping has been practically decriminalised across Britain, with fewer than one in 400 offences being prosecuted in the past decade. .A partygoer died after a downing three pints of gin in a drinking game during a 36-hour session, an inquest heard. Shamed inspector Dean Gittoes, 49, of Merthyr Tydfil, who 'throttled' a teenage boy and called him a 'clever little internet freak' because he was filming a police station faces losing his job. Gittoes was sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid work after 'unlawfully' detaining the 16-year-old outside Merthyr Tydfil police station on August 20 last year.