内容摘要："We want to save them as soon as possible," said one official. "Some signs of life we received last night have since gone silent. I want all Thais to pray for them, to be strong."

"We want to save them as soon as possible," said one official. "Some signs of life we received last night have since gone silent. I want all Thais to pray for them, to be strong."

"The total mileage will be just over 2,000 miles, with 200 passengers."It is unique. It's a five-minute stop and everybody can wave their whistles from the train."

Mr Dunn said his passion for trains began as a young boy, and having been born and bred in Northallerton, he was excited to see the service stop in his home town."It's a passion that comes from childhood, but people don't realise how passionate people across the country are, not just rail enthusiasts."The Great Britain started 17 years ago.

"It normally starts in London at Victoria or King's Cross and from there it goes to various points within our Great Britain."Mr Dunn's niece, Laura McManners, said the nurses at James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough, where Mr Dunn was treated, had made special arrangements to allow him to get to Northallerton on Saturday morning.

She said Mr Dunn had waved to all the passengers from the platform and been able to say thank you to train staff.

The service began at London Victoria on 26 April before making its way to Inverness.The ONS said the numbers were still "official statistics in development", meaning that they may be revised in the future as more data becomes available.

Separate figures from the Home Office show more than 130,000 people were awaiting an initial decision for their asylum case as of September. The number of those claiming asylum has more than doubled since September 2021.Labour say they have hired more caseworkers to tackle the asylum backlog.

Net migration could fuel a rise in the UK population to 72.5 million by 2032, figures suggest.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has projected a population growth of 7.3% between 2022 and 2032, compared with an increase of 6.1% over the previous 10 years.