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UK woman sexually assaulted on London Tube train; police issue CCTV appeal to identify suspect

British Transport Police (BTP) have launched a CCTV appeal after a woman was allegedly sexually assaulted aboard a train in the UK, releasing images of a man they wish to identify in connection with the incident.

The Times of India

Mayor's consort at Farage's flagship Reform UK council in London was sacked from police job over cocaine use

Exclusive: Starbuck Coleman was dismissed as a British Transport Police officer in London after failing a drugs test

Evening Standard

Man killed by train after escaping custody van on way to court

The man escaped from a custody vehicle on the A1 following an altercation with security guards before being hit by a train near Welwyn North station

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London Night Tube predator who sexually assaulted sleeping women is jailed

Salman Yousaf, 46, was already serving a prison sentence when police linked him to a series of unsolved assaults

The Independent UK

Predator who sexually assaulted sleeping women on Tube is finally caught after tip-off

BTP said investigators had not managed to identify him earlier because of a lack of on-train CCTV footage

Evening Standard

Officers condemn ‘sickening’ sexual assault on crowded train

Jamie Muir carried out the ‘opportunistic’ attack just minutes after boarding a train from Inverkeithing to Edinburgh on November 16 last year.

Evening Standard

Police release images after man performs indecent act on south London train

The incident occurred on a District Line train between Wimbledon and East Putney on April 14

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Police hunt after man performs indecent act on London train

The BTP has now released an image of a man they would like to speak to following the incident

Evening Standard

Police launch manhunt after rape at railway station

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The Independent UK

Woman charged with manslaughter after great-grandmother attacked at train station

Dorothy Chiles, 87, suffered a broken hip and died six weeks later

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan: 'Assaults on bus drivers are traumatic - my father was attacked multiple times'

Asked about the rising number of attacks on TfL staff, Sir Sadiq reveals: ‘My own dad was assaulted a number of times’

Evening Standard

Scammers targeted Tube passengers with ‘SMS blasters’, court told

Four defendants were sentenced on Tuesday over the plot where text messages were sent

The Independent UK

Tube 'SMS blasters' fraudster laundered £600,000 through gift cards, court hears

Four defendants sentenced over plot where text messages were sent using homemade ‘SMS blasters’ hidden inside suitcases wheeled around the Tube

Evening Standard

London Bridge attack hero police officer sacked for gross misconduct for using 'p*key' slur

The panel concluded DC Mark Luker probably knew the language was “offensive” to a minority community and ruled it gross misconduct.

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Evening Standard

Foreign pickpocket jailed for Tube crime spree first to be caught with ‘ghost tapping’ contactless card reader

Chilean thief Daniel Maldonado Paulson preyed on commuters at South Kensington Underground station

Evening Standard

CCTV appeal after £4,500 suitcase stolen inside London Paddington train

The suitcase containing jewellery was stolen on board a train from Paddington to Kimble

Evening Standard

British Transport Police begins Live Facial Recognition trial at London stations

The operation began at London Bridge train station on Wednesday and will run for six months at various stations

Evening Standard

London university students among four stabbed in ‘incredibly serious’ station knife attack

Royal Holloway students among victims after violence erupts between two groups at Surrey station

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The Independent UK

Three men hospitalised with knife injuries after fight at Surrey train station

The fight took place on Friday night and has been described as ‘an incredibly serious incident’

Evening Standard

Man wanted after spraying chemical in rail worker's eyes at London station

A rail employee suffered chemical burns and loss of vision after the assault at Blackfriars in May 2025

The Independent UK

Police taking more action over bike thefts after ‘decriminalisation’ complaints

Under the previous policy officers would not investigate a bike theft if it was left outside a station for more than two hours

Cycling Weekly

'It's a real win for everyone' – British police force U-turns on policy that effectively decriminalised bike theft

The short-lived strategy was reversed following pressure from Cycling UK and others

Evening Standard

Police release CCTV images of man after woman sexually assaulted on south London tram

The assault happened at around 3.40pm on Wednesday October 22 on a tram from West Croydon to Blackhorse Lane

Evening Standard

Moment police raid north London home to arrest suspected Tube graffiti vandal

The arrest follows an investigation into around 245 offences of criminal damage to Northern Line trains between February 2022 and January 2026

The Independent UK

Rail passengers facing ‘epidemic of violence’ as police admit staff cuts mean emergency response is too slow

British Transport Police have fewer frontline officers to deal with crime – despite a rise in the number of offences

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