Written By Unknown on Senin, 19 Januari 2015 | 20.14
UK health chiefs have launched a £11.5m plan to try to wipe out tuberculosis in Britain, which has the second highest rate of the lung disease among Western European countries.
The plan will see Public Health England work with the NHS to improve access to screening, testing and treatment services as well as outreach programmes such as 'Find and Treat' mobile health units.
Paul Cosford, a PHE director, said: "TB should be consigned to the past, and yet it is occurring in England at higher rates than most of Western Europe."
Bruce Keogh, NHS England's medical director, said: "Our goal is to eliminate TB as a public health problem."
Often thought of as a disease of the past, when it was dubbed "the white plague" for rendering its victims pale and feverish, TB has stubbornly persisted in Britain.
It occurs mainly in areas of poverty and deprivation. The bacterial disease is hard to treat and contagious, passing on via the coughs and sneezes of an infected person.
In 2013, 7,290 TB cases were reported in England, an incidence of 13.5 cases per 100,000 of the population.
TB cases are concentrated in urban "hot spots" including London, Leicester, Birmingham, Luton, Manchester and Coventry.
PHE officials say TB clinics in London manage more cases a year than those in all other western European capitals together.
Drug resistant TB is also an increasing problem, with cases of multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB rising from 28 cases in England in 2000, to 68 in 2013.
After the coldest night of the winter so far, forecasters have warned there will be no respite from plunging temperatures, which could last until later this week.
The mercury fell as low as minus 11C overnight and into Monday morning in areas of inland Scotland, with temperatures hovering around minus 7C across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
An amber warning - the second highest - for icy conditions across most of England, including the North, the Midlands and East Anglia, has been issued until midday on Thursday by the Met Office.
Sky News Weather Presenter Isobel Lang said: "Today looks set to be a cold dry and bright day for most, although some snow showers are likely, especially in northeast England."
The Met Office said on its website: "Large areas of England will experience colder than average conditions in the coming week, with widespread overnight frosts.
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Gallery: Snow And Ice Hit Parts Of UK
Snow and icy conditions are hitting many parts of the UK - and temperatures are set to plunge well below zero in many areas.
These pictures were taken in Cumbria, one of the areas hit by snowfall
The parents of a five-year-old boy have been threatened with court action because he missed a schoolfriend's birthday party and left the hosts out of pocket.
Derek Nash, from Torpoint, Cornwall, discovered an invoice for £15.95 had been put into son Alex's schoolbag after he was a "no show" at the ski centre party.
Mr Nash said he originally thought the letter was a joke but now the friend's mother is threatening to take the matter to the small claims court.
The invoice has not been paid
The family accepted the invite to the Ski Slope and Snowboard Centre just before the Christmas holidays, forgetting they had a prior family commitment.
Mr Nash said he had already arranged for their daughter to go out with her grandparents.
He said: "She [the mother] saw me and asked if Alex was coming to the party. At this time I agreed and said that Alex was looking forward to it.
"By this time we did not have a contact number, email or an address to let [the mother] know.
"So on the day of the party we asked Alex what he wanted to do - he chose to be with his grandparents."
When the children went back to school in January, Mr Nash's partner tried once more to apologise to the boy's mother but did not see her.
He said: "On January 15 she looked in Alex's school bag and found a brown envelope. It was an invoice for £15.95 for a child's party no show fee.
"I asked Alex's class teacher if [the child's mother] had given anything to her. She said, 'Yes, a brown envelope'.
"I then visited Alex's school headteacher, who couldn't apologise enough that one of the teachers had passed this on. She said she would remind all staff that this was a breach of protocol."
Mr Nash said while he sympathised with the woman, he told her he would not be paying.
She has since threatened to take the case to a small claims court, while the birthday boy will no longer play with Alex at school.
Mr Nash added: "I drive all around the South West for my job and I have talked to quite a few people about this.
"They're all quite incredulous that this has happened. I thought it was a joke to begin with. I am lost for words."
The mother of the birthday boy has not commented on the row.
A widow of a 7/7 bombing victim has been jailed for two years and eight months for stealing £43,000 from her son's compensation.
Louise Gray, 42, spent £250,000 of her own compensation money before turning to her son Adam's fund, Ipswich Crown Court heard.
Gray, 42, from Ipswich, is said to have frittered away the money on cars, clothes and luxury holidays.
She admitted stealing £43,000 between July, 2012, and November, 2013, at an earlier hearing.
Her husband, accountant Richard Gray, 41, was one of 52 people killed in the 2005 London bombings as he commuted to work.
Judge David Goodin told Gray: "The offence you have committed against your son, the trust you betrayed - a second hammer blow following the death of his father - is so serious it can only be met by a custodial sentence."
The judge added: "The theft of £43,000 is one thing. The theft of £43,000 by a parent from a young adult's trust is quite another, when that sum represented most - practically all - the compensation he received for his father's tragic death.
"It's an act of wickedness almost beyond belief.
"He has lost not one parent, but two."
Adam was 11-years-old when his father was killed by suicide bomber Shehzad Tanweer on a Circle line Underground train.
The children's money was placed in trust until their 18th birthdays, but Adam gave his cash to his mother to look after when he turned 18.
When he arranged to meet her in November 2013 to ask for the money because he was looking to buy a property, she confessed she had spent it, the court was told.
Adam took civil action to try to recover the cash and his mother was ordered by a county court judge to repay him the £43,000.
He also reported the matter to police and she was prosecuted for theft.
The court heard that Gray had offered to pay her son £10,000 followed by further monthly payments but the offer had been rejected.
Gray was supported in court by her partner, Umar Shamshoom, who is the father of her three-year-old daughter.
British Gas is to cut household gas bills by 5% - an annual average saving of £37.
The energy firm, owned by Centrica, said the move will benefit 6.8 million customers.
The reduction in tariffs, being introduced from 27 February, comes after 'Big Six' rival E.On cut the price of gas by 3.5% last week.
British Gas said the cut reflected the recent fall in wholesale gas prices.
Energy suppliers have come under pressure from politicians and regulators to pass on lower costs to customers.
Wholesale gas costs fell 26% between the third quarter of 2013 and the same period in 2014, and have fallen further since.
British Gas said most of the gas currently being used in customers' homes was bought at higher prices over 2013/14, but wholesale costs for 2015 were now coming down to a level where the reduction could be passed on.
It said it would be keeping prices under review "for further movements up or down".
Prime Minister David Cameron said in a message on Twitter: "It's welcome to see British Gas cutting prices.
"We'll continue to encourage energy firms to pass on falls in wholesale prices to customers."
Christine McGurty, director of corporate affairs at British Gas, told Sky News: "We wanted to make a meaningful cut for our customers.
" We wanted to do this as much as we could quickly as we could.
"We have cut our prices more than any other company so far."
She added: "Companies always buy their gas in advance to smooth out the price volatility over time for our customers.
"So much of the gas being used right now will have been months ago or years ago, sometimes at higher prices.
"The suggestion our prices don't fall fast enough - the rocket and feather allegation - is simply not true.
"We are doing as much as we can as quickly as we can."
The announcement comes less than a month after Centrica's new chief executive, Iain Conn, took over.
Mr Conn said: "We've been watching the significant moves in the international energy market extremely closely for some time, with the aim of helping customers with a price cut at the earliest possible opportunity."
An Ofgem spokesperson said: "This is a further step in the right direction.
"We have consistently called for suppliers to explain the growing gap between falling wholesale prices and retail prices.
"Cutting prices is an explanation that consumers will understand and in a competitive market we would expect others to follow suit."
Energy Secretary Ed Davey said: "This will be welcome news for British Gas customers - and after E.on's price cut last week, customers of other energy companies will be asking when they're going to see savings passed through."
Labour's Shadow Energy Secretary Caroline Flint said: "This shows that Ed Miliband was right to challenge the energy companies to cut their prices and pass on the falls in wholesale costs to consumers.
"But given gas prices have fallen by at least 20%, a price cut of just 5% means consumers still aren't getting the full benefit of falling wholesale prices.
"The next Labour government is committed to making big changes in our energy market: freezing energy prices until 2017 so that bills can fall but not rise, and giving the regulator the power to force energy companies to cut their prices when wholesale costs fall to all of their customers."
Written By Unknown on Minggu, 18 Januari 2015 | 20.14
There is a growing row over whether Britain's security services have enough powers to monitor terrorists' communications.
The former head of MI5 has warned that Britain's eavesdropping laws are "no longer fit for purpose" because they have fallen behind advances in technology and encryption.
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Lord Evans of Weardale said terrorist attacks are increasingly being planned on parts of the internet that are now difficult to police.
:: What powers do intelligence agencies have now?
By law, most if not all communications data such as telephone and email records must be stored for seven years by service providers.
Video:Lord Ashdown On Terror Threat
Police and the security services can obtain this data by serving retrospective search warrants on providers that have been signed by the Home Secretary.
:: Why does the Government want extra powers now?
Many online communications are now automatically encrypted, making it impossible for police to monitor them in real time or at all.
Police say this is poses an unacceptable risk to their ability to keep the public safe from terrorist plots.
Encrypted services such as WhatsApp and iMessage were not available 10 years ago, when current eavesdropping laws were drafted.
The Government says the law needs to be updated with new powers to compel service providers to provide police with encryption codes giving them "backdoor" access to these communications.
The Communications Bill or so-called "snoopers' charter" would also give police access to everyone's web browsing history and the content of all social-media communications.
:: Why is there opposition to the plans?
Civil liberties campaigners warn that the line between privacy and keeping the public safe is being eroded.
They believe the Government is using the terrorist attacks in Paris as an excuse to introduce laws which would make it easy to spy on corporations and the public as well as monitor terrorists.
Security experts warn that if the Government was given increased powers to monitor encrypted communications, terrorists would simply stop using them.
Activists in repressive regimes such as Iran and China use encryption to communicate safely. There is fear that if these services become easier to break it will put these people at risk.
Lord Ashdown told Sky News the Bill would turn Britain into a "nation of suspects" and that innocent people should be protected from Government spying.
The Deputy Prime Minister said the Snoopers' Charter plans were "unproven, clunky, resource intensive".
Speaking on BBC's Andrew Marr show Nick Clegg added: "It is not a very British thing to confer or imply guilt on the whole of the nation."
Police investigating the unsolved murder of a grandmother as she house-sat for friends are set to start voluntary DNA screening.
Men who live, work or visit the Bosham area of West Sussex are being urged to eliminate themselves from suspicion following the killing of 55-year-old Valerie Graves.
The DNA screening will take place at the Millstream Hotel in the village from Wednesday.
It is the latest move by detectives who have launched a large-scale manhunt for the killer of grandmother and mother of two Ms Graves.
The claw hammer which may have been used to kill Valerie Graves.
She is believed to have been killed with a claw hammer in a ground floor bedroom in Smugglers Lane, Bosham, on 30 December, 2013.
She was bludgeoned as she house-sat with her sister Jan, mother Eileen and her sister's partner, Nigel Acres, while the property's owners went abroad for Christmas.
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More than 9,500 people have been interviewed by police, a £20,000 reward has been offered, a BBC Crimewatch appeal has been made and a limited DNA match of a suspect has been yielded.
But despite an exhaustive inquiry, no one has been charged.
The death of Ms Graves shocked the small community of Bosham, which featured in an episode of the ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders.
Last month, Ms Graves's two children Tim Wood, 32, and Jemima Harrison, 35, spoke - along with Mr Acres - ahead of the first anniversary of her murder.
The family said Christmas was put "on hold" as they faced their first festive season without her and as her murderer still remains at large.
The former head of MI5 has warned that Britain's anti-terror laws are "not fit for purpose".
Lord Evans' comments about the powers of intelligence and security agencies were reported as the Prime Minister said Britain is facing a "very severe threat" from Islamist extremists, including so-called "lone-wolf" terrorists.
Lord Evans told the Sunday Telegraph: "The ability of the police and security agencies to do this important work of protecting our society and its vulnerable people is under threat from changing technology.
"They can only do this if they have the tools to do so - and the tools at their disposal are no longer fit for purpose."
David Cameron is currently pushing for tougher requirements for internet firms to alert authorities to suspicious online exchanges, ban encrypted communications and store data.
Video:Lord Ashdown On Terror Threat
Former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown hit out at the push for increased powers, telling Sky's Murnaghan programme: "The whole nation is made a suspect under these proposals."
He added that while he believed Mr Cameron's demand for increased powers was "sincere", it was "connected to the general election", and said the PM was "cavalier" about the protection of civil liberties.
When asked if the message from the US to allies would be to keep up with the changes to anti-terror laws implemented by Washington, the US ambassador to the UK, Matthew Barzun, told the same programme: "Sure, and we work very closely with the UK and other partners around the world to try to achieve that balance."
Mr Cameron earlier spoke to US TV network CBS about measures to tackle extremism at home.
Video:Terror Laws: 'World Has Changed'
He said: "In Britain's history, we've had some very intense times of terrorist threats.
"Certainly we face a very severe threat.
"That's what we're calling it: severe, because we believe an attack is highly likely.
"But frankly, we've been in this struggle against extremist, Islamist terrorism now for well over a decade and a half, so we know what it takes to win, but it's going to take a lot of perseverance."
Video:Nick Clegg On New Terror Laws
He said the terror threat "keeps morphing" over time, "but it's still based on the fundamental problem of a poisonous death cult narrative which is the perversion of one of the world's major religions".
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and his US counterpart John Kerry are set to host talks in London with ministers from around 20 countries, including Arab states, to discuss ways of tackling Islamic State.
Members of the coalition fighting IS extremists in Syria and Iraq will meet for the summit on Thursday.
On Friday Mr Cameron vowed to tackle what he called the "poisonous narrative of Islamist extremism that is turning too many young minds".
Video:Cameron And Obama On Terror Threat
He was speaking following two days of talks with US President Barack Obama in Washington where they said a new group would be set up to exchange information and expertise to tackle the terror threat.
There are fears about the spread of terrorism after the Paris attacks that left 17 people dead and the arrest of more than two dozen people in anti-terror raids in Belgium, Germany and France.
On Saturday, an 18-year-old woman who was arrested at Stansted airport in Essex on suspicion of terrorist offences was released on bail.
Anti-terror officers arrested the teenager when she arrived on a flight at around 4pm on Friday.
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Video:A Chilly Day With Wintry Showers
Severe weather warnings remain in place for snow and ice across parts of Britain with forecasters predicting temperatures to fall as low as -15C.
The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for parts of the country including the Highlands and Eilean Siar, Grampian and Strathclyde.
Warnings are also in place for the Lothian Borders, and the Central, Tayside and Fife region.
Residents in parts of Scotland have been warned that temperatures may drop to between -10C and -15C, making it the coldest day in Britain this winter.
"It only has to get past -9C and we'll have the coldest night for winter," said the Met Office's operational forecaster Calum MacColl.
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Gallery: Snow And Ice Hit Parts Of UK
Snow and icy conditions are hitting many parts of the UK - and temperatures are set to plunge well below zero in many areas.
These pictures were taken in Cumbria, one of the areas hit by snowfall
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Northern England and parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland are expected to get up to two inches of snow this weekend
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Southern England could see sleet and settling snow in places, mainly over the higher ground
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"As we lead our way into the coming days again, we've got snow warnings out for much of northern and eastern Scotland."
There is a chance of snow in elevated areas, particularly above 200 metres.
"It's going to be a pretty cold week all in all," Mr MacColl added.
Sky News weather producer Rebecca Yussuf said: "The higher ground of Scotland can expected a further 2-5 cm (up to 2 inches), with perhaps a slight covering at lower levels.
"Southern England may also see some sleet and settling snow in places, mainly over the higher ground. A slight covering is possible, but it is likely to be only temporary.
"It will be cold and frosty everywhere, with widespread ice, bringing some difficult travelling conditions by dawn."
Dr Angie Bone, of Public Health England's extreme events team, earlier urged people to help vulnerable relatives and friends keep warm.
Video:Your Videos Of The Snow
"Cold does kill, even in places where the temperatures aren't at their lowest," she said.
"Most of our advice on keeping warm in cold weather may seem like common sense, but it's important that we make the point that people should think about how cold can affect them.
"Our advice is that when indoors, have plenty of warm food and drinks to stay warm and try to maintain indoor temperatures to at least 18C, particularly if you are not mobile, have long-term illness or are 65 or over."
Heavy snow has already caused disruption on roads, rail and at airports, and police have warned motorists to only to travel if necessary.
In Scotland on Friday, snow up to 5ft deep in parts left drivers stranded overnight on the A9 route to the Highlands.
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Temperatures Could Plunge To All-Winter Low
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Video:A Chilly Day With Wintry Showers
Severe weather warnings remain in place for snow and ice across parts of Britain with forecasters predicting temperatures to fall as low as -15C.
The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for parts of the country including the Highlands and Eilean Siar, Grampian and Strathclyde.
Warnings are also in place for the Lothian Borders, and the Central, Tayside and Fife region.
Residents in parts of Scotland have been warned that temperatures may drop to between -10C and -15C, making it the coldest day in Britain this winter.
"It only has to get past -9C and we'll have the coldest night for winter," said the Met Office's operational forecaster Calum MacColl.
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Gallery: Snow And Ice Hit Parts Of UK
Snow and icy conditions are hitting many parts of the UK - and temperatures are set to plunge well below zero in many areas.
These pictures were taken in Cumbria, one of the areas hit by snowfall
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Northern England and parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland are expected to get up to two inches of snow this weekend
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Southern England could see sleet and settling snow in places, mainly over the higher ground
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"As we lead our way into the coming days again, we've got snow warnings out for much of northern and eastern Scotland."
There is a chance of snow in elevated areas, particularly above 200 metres.
"It's going to be a pretty cold week all in all," Mr MacColl added.
Sky News weather producer Rebecca Yussuf said: "The higher ground of Scotland can expected a further 2-5 cm (up to 2 inches), with perhaps a slight covering at lower levels.
"Southern England may also see some sleet and settling snow in places, mainly over the higher ground. A slight covering is possible, but it is likely to be only temporary.
"It will be cold and frosty everywhere, with widespread ice, bringing some difficult travelling conditions by dawn."
Dr Angie Bone, of Public Health England's extreme events team, earlier urged people to help vulnerable relatives and friends keep warm.
Video:Your Videos Of The Snow
"Cold does kill, even in places where the temperatures aren't at their lowest," she said.
"Most of our advice on keeping warm in cold weather may seem like common sense, but it's important that we make the point that people should think about how cold can affect them.
"Our advice is that when indoors, have plenty of warm food and drinks to stay warm and try to maintain indoor temperatures to at least 18C, particularly if you are not mobile, have long-term illness or are 65 or over."
Heavy snow has already caused disruption on roads, rail and at airports, and police have warned motorists to only to travel if necessary.
In Scotland on Friday, snow up to 5ft deep in parts left drivers stranded overnight on the A9 route to the Highlands.
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Video:Eurotunnel Services Resume
Eleven Eurostar services are to be cancelled today because of "power supply problems" - meaning more headaches for stranded passengers.
Services between London, Paris and Brussels have been hit by continuing delays after a lorry fire led to the closure of the Channel Tunnel on Saturday.
Now Eurostar has said six trains that were due to leave from London between 2pm and just after 8pm, along with five leaving from Paris and Brussels, will be cancelled.
The company said that one of the two tunnels used by its trains will remain closed all day.
"In addition, Eurotunnel experienced new power supply problems this morning which meant that both tunnels were again closed for two hours," it said in a statement.
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Gallery: Travel Chaos In London And Paris
This is the scene at St Pancras International station in London as Eurostar services are cancelled in both directions
The company said trains would not be running on Saturday
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Large queues of passengers have formed - but they are being told they will be unable to travel
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It is a similar scene at Gare du Nord station in Paris - this board shows all services have been cancelled
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Passengers are having to make alternative arrangements
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"This closure was a separate incident, unrelated to the problems experienced yesterday."
The services departing from London at 2.04pm, 3.31pm, 5.04pm, 6.04pm, 6.31pm and 8.04pm have been cancelled.
In Paris, the services leaving the French capital at 4.43pm and 6.43pm will not be running, while in Brussels, the 3.56pm, 5.56pm and 6.56pm trains have been cancelled.
Eurostar and the Eurotunnel Le Shuttle car service were stopped on Saturday after the fire on the French side of the railway's south tunnel.
The incident led to long queues at St Pancras station in London as services were cancelled for most of the day.
Queues formed again at the station this morning, where Eurostar services resumed after 8am.
There were similar scenes in Paris and Brussels.
Eurostar had earlier said it would run a full service today, but only "for passengers who have an existing reservation for this date".
People were warned that trains could be delayed by between 30 minutes and an hour.
Video:Passengers Hit By Eurostar Alert
Eurostar advised people whose trains were cancelled on Saturday not to arrive at stations unless they had already been re-booked.
People booked on the services cancelled on Sunday have been asked to "postpone their travel and rebook for an alternative date".
Eurotunnel services resumed at 2.45am UK time.
Eurotunnel spokesman John O'Keefe said a "smouldering load" was found in the trailer of the lorry.
The alarm was triggered after CO2 detectors were activated in one tunnel, Eurotunnel said. No one was injured.
In March, hundreds of Eurostar passengers were delayed after a lightning strike triggered a fire in a building close to the entrance to the tunnel in Kent.
Although there was no damage to the track, four trains in and out of England were affected.
Three eventually reached their destination but the fourth, which had been heading to Paris, was forced to turn back to London.
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Video:Eurotunnel Services Resume
Eleven Eurostar services are to be cancelled today because of "power supply problems" - meaning more headaches for stranded passengers.
Services between London, Paris and Brussels have been hit by continuing delays after a lorry fire led to the closure of the Channel Tunnel on Saturday.
Now Eurostar has said six trains that were due to leave from London between 2pm and just after 8pm, along with five leaving from Paris and Brussels, will be cancelled.
The company said that one of the two tunnels used by its trains will remain closed all day.
"In addition, Eurotunnel experienced new power supply problems this morning which meant that both tunnels were again closed for two hours," it said in a statement.
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Gallery: Travel Chaos In London And Paris
This is the scene at St Pancras International station in London as Eurostar services are cancelled in both directions
The company said trains would not be running on Saturday
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Large queues of passengers have formed - but they are being told they will be unable to travel
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It is a similar scene at Gare du Nord station in Paris - this board shows all services have been cancelled
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Passengers are having to make alternative arrangements
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"This closure was a separate incident, unrelated to the problems experienced yesterday."
The services departing from London at 2.04pm, 3.31pm, 5.04pm, 6.04pm, 6.31pm and 8.04pm have been cancelled.
In Paris, the services leaving the French capital at 4.43pm and 6.43pm will not be running, while in Brussels, the 3.56pm, 5.56pm and 6.56pm trains have been cancelled.
Eurostar and the Eurotunnel Le Shuttle car service were stopped on Saturday after the fire on the French side of the railway's south tunnel.
The incident led to long queues at St Pancras station in London as services were cancelled for most of the day.
Queues formed again at the station this morning, where Eurostar services resumed after 8am.
There were similar scenes in Paris and Brussels.
Eurostar had earlier said it would run a full service today, but only "for passengers who have an existing reservation for this date".
People were warned that trains could be delayed by between 30 minutes and an hour.
Video:Passengers Hit By Eurostar Alert
Eurostar advised people whose trains were cancelled on Saturday not to arrive at stations unless they had already been re-booked.
People booked on the services cancelled on Sunday have been asked to "postpone their travel and rebook for an alternative date".
Eurotunnel services resumed at 2.45am UK time.
Eurotunnel spokesman John O'Keefe said a "smouldering load" was found in the trailer of the lorry.
The alarm was triggered after CO2 detectors were activated in one tunnel, Eurotunnel said. No one was injured.
In March, hundreds of Eurostar passengers were delayed after a lightning strike triggered a fire in a building close to the entrance to the tunnel in Kent.
Although there was no damage to the track, four trains in and out of England were affected.
Three eventually reached their destination but the fourth, which had been heading to Paris, was forced to turn back to London.
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