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Labour promises to re-nationalize railways, avoiding compensation. Private companies say they make the system better. Police Scotland faces criticism for mishandling murder investigation. School in Carthmanashire closes due to stabbing incident. Breast cancer survivors in poverty have higher risk of second cancer. Taylor Swift's album is most streamed on Spotify. More news at gado.co.uk. With the late assigned Kyle Fraser, Labour is promising to re-nationalise the railways if it wins the general election. The party plans to put a new body in charge as private contracts expire, meaning the taxpayer won't have to pay compensation. Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Hague claims it'll be the biggest change to the network in a generation. It's an incredibly wasteful system at the moment, with dividends and performance fees being leaked out to the private sector, an enormous duplication and waste across the system because it is so fragmented and complex. The Conservative Party says efficiency spearheaded by private companies will make the system better and faster. Police who field who spot a murder victim have been shot could potentially face a misconduct enquiry. 65-year-old Brian Liu was found dead in Perthshire in February, but detectives initially decided it wasn't suspicious. A week later they spotted gunshot wounds and launched a manhunt. Here's former superintendent Martin Gallagher. Police Scotland made a mistake at the start. It's very unfortunate that that happened, but Police Scotland will learn from that and hopefully a training programme will be looked at in terms of how we deal with crime scenes initially in terms of homicide. Police Scotland is refusing to comment on claims the investigation has been botched. Meanwhile, a school in Carthmanashire is shut for the day as police investigations continue following the stabbing of two teachers and a pupil. A teenage girl is in custody after being arrested following the incident in Amman Valley Comprehensive yesterday. Breast cancer survivors are apparently at higher risk of developing a second cancer if they live in poverty. Researchers from the University of Cambridge found women from poorer backgrounds had a 35% bigger risk. And in showbiz, Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets department has become Spotify's most streamed album in a single week. It's been played more than one billion times. It had already racked up 300 million streams in a single day. There's more news online at gado.co.uk