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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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Quintinshill victims remembered in Edinburgh

Descendants of the soldiers that died in Britain's worst rail disaster 100 years ago gathered today at the cemetery where the men were laid to rest.

Around 1000 people were at the service in Edinburgh today to remember the victims of Quintinshill. Jenny Longden reports.

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