Danger! Radioactive Media Alert!

Nuclear train crashes in Kent! Thousands not hurt! Don't panic, Mr Mainwaring!

This Guardian report has the full story, along with some hysterical quotes from the Usual Suspects, such as the local Green MP

Turns out the damage was severe, the locomotive had a broken light, and the lorry it ran into got a buffer-shaped dent. Can you guess who's fault it was? Railtrack? Stephen Byers? The lorry driver?

Would people really prefer irradiated fuel rods (or any other hazardous material) to go be road instead? And be trusted to the tender mercies of White Van Man? If something needs to be transported at all, surely rail is the safest transport mode there is.