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Quintinshill rail disaster remembered

A memorial service was held at Stanwix Cemetery in Carlisle this morning to remember two victims of the Quintinshill disaster who are buried there.

Commemorations have been taking place across the country to mark the100th anniversary of the disaster, which killed more than 200 people.

Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon attended a commemoration in Gretna on Friday and around 1000 people were at a service in Edinburgh on Saturday.

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Princess Anne 'astonished at how little is known about Quintinshill'

Princess Anne a display marking the Quintinshill disaster Credit: ITV Border

Princess Anne is at Stormont Village Hall in Gretna Green for a special poetry reading to mark the centenary of Britain's worst train crash.

Her Royal Highness spoke to locals and viewed a display highlighting the disaster at Quintinshill.

She told one local man she was shocked at how little is known about the 1915 crash, which killed more than 200 people.

I'm really astonished at how little is known about Quintinshill. This display is fantastic"

– HRH Princess Anne
The Princess Royal at Gretna Old Parish Church, Gretna Green Credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

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