News Headlines - 19 April 2014

▽Rail chaos hits Easter getaway with thousands of passengers stranded | Mail Online

The great Easter getaway got off to a nightmare start last night as travel chaos hit one of Britain’s busiest stations.
Thousands of Eurostar passengers were stranded at St Pancras station in London after a man died on a train line in France and a train broke down.
Stations, motorways and airports are likely to remain congested over the break, with more than six million Britons planning trips.

▽Police arrest man over murder of former Continuity IRA leader Tommy Crossan | Mail Online

Police in Belfast have arrested a man in connection with the murder of Republican hard-liner Tommy Crossan.
PSNI officers detained the 26-year-old suspect less than 24 hours after the former Continuity IRA leader was gunned down in broad daylight.

▽Quango boss appointed by David Cameron resigns after it emerges he was declared bankrupt - Telegraph

Tony Caplin, the former head of the Public Works Loans Board, resigned on Saturday night after it emerged he was declared bankrupt in 2012

▽Data sharing 'borderline insane' - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

Government plans to share taxpayers' data with private firms were condemned as "borderline insane" by a senior Tory MP.
Under the proposals, HM Revenue and Customs would be allowed to release anonymised information to third parties including companies, researchers and public bodies where there is a public benefit.

▽Guess What? Almost 37% of Steam Purchases are Never Played! - n3rdabl3

According to a recent report by Ars Technica, who took the time to dive into Valve’s Steam service to find the facts, those of us who frequently purchase games only really play 63.1% of them, with a further 17% of those games getting played for an hour or less.