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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Metal detectors at train stations would ‘make life impossible’, says UK transport secretary

A forensic police officer examines an LNER train
A forensic police officer examines an LNER train at Huntingdon station after a stabbing attack on Saturday. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Metal-detector scanners at train stations would “make life impossible” for passengers, the transport secretary has said, adding that a review into security after a mass stabbing on a high-speed train would examine all other options.

A member of train staff who intervened to protect passengers as the service approached Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire remained critically ill in hospital but his condition was now stable, Heidi Alexander said.

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