Knife-wielding robber punched victims to snatch three phones on London Tube Fabian Pawlowski, 22, of Banstead, Surrey, forced his victims to hand over their phones during a robbery spree on the Tube Evening Standard · Oct 21
Police hunt man after phone robbery and assault at London DLR station The robbery happened on August 17, when a man stole the phone before punching the victim in the face Evening Standard · Oct 7
‘The violence is off the scale’: staff and passengers at risk as assaults on trains in Great Britain soar to record high Cases of abuse, spitting, head-butting and sexual harassment, have spiked as transport police numbers have dwindled The Guardian - UK · Oct 4
Police hunt man after woman sexually assaulted outside south London Tube station The attack occurred on the morning of Sunday August 30 outside Vauxhall station Evening Standard · Oct 2
London police facial recognition trial scanned 500,000+ faces and produced one false alert A six-month trial of live facial recognition at London railway stations cost British Transport Police (BTP) £320,786 and scanned more than 500,000 faces, but it produced just one alert from the police watchlist. That alert turned out to be a false identification, with no arrest resulting directly from the technology… The Times of India · Oct 1
Police hunt thugs after man brutally assaulted on Tube train and at busy station barriers The attack took place on August 7, on a District line and at Earl’s Court station Evening Standard · Sep 29
BTP's facial recognition trial in London cost £320K, scanned 500K faces - and led to no arrests The trial cost more than £320,000 and took up almost 100 hours of police officers’ time between February and July this year Evening Standard · Sep 29
Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive and no arrests Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert The Guardian - UK · Sep 29
Police hunt man after sexual assault at central London station The attack occurred on Saturday July 4 at Baker Street Underground station Evening Standard · Sep 28
Victims being ‘let down’ by justice system, Met Police chief says after paedophile sentenced Sir Mark Rowley issued a statement outside court after the sentencing of Zafer Dogan The Independent UK · Sep 24
Thug threatened passengers on board train before attacking man at London station The attack took place at around 10pm on August 30 at Hackney Downs station Evening Standard · Sep 23
Police hunt man after assault at south London station The incident took place in August after a man was reported for pushing through the barriers at Clapham Junction station Evening Standard · Sep 22
Police launch crackdown on luxury luggage thieves at major London stations BTP and London St Pancras Highspeed are doing more to tackle the issue after a series of prominent thefts Evening Standard · Sep 18
Passenger fatally punched Elizabeth line worker after missing his train TfL worker Jorge Ortega, 61, hit his head on the concrete platform at Ilford station, east London, after being struck by a single blow from Ayodele Jamgbadi The Independent UK · Sep 16
Evening Standard · Sep 16 Man given hospital order after fatal attack on Elizabeth Line worker in east London Jorge Ortega died two days after hitting his head on the concrete platform at Ilford station following a punch from Ayodele Jamgbadi
Evening Standard · Sep 15 Pet owner to be reunited with urn of dog ashes that was left on train British Transport Police said the owner of the urn has been in touch with them.
Evening Standard · Sep 12 Police hunt man after sexual assault on north London train The attack came in the early hours of the morning on August 16, on a Piccadilly Line train to Finsbury Park
Evening Standard · Sep 11 Tiny urn containing ‘human ashes’ lost on train between London and Aberdeen Police are trying to find the rightful owners of the small red urn.
The Independent UK · Sep 11 Appeal after tiny urn containing ‘human ashes’ left on train The small red urn is held in the arms of a teddy bear toy
Evening Standard · Sep 9 Tube passengers who hauled flasher off train won't face charges after year-long police probe British Transport Police defended its decision to interview the three under caution on suspicion of affray
Evening Standard · Sep 5 Police hunt man after sexual assault on train in east London The attack occurred on a District line train in the early hours of the morning on Sunday August 2
The Independent UK · Sep 2 Man dies after London Tube station assault following Notting Hill Carnival A 32-year-old man has died after being assaulted at a London Tube station on Sunday night
The Independent UK · Aug 29 Man dies after train crashes into van at crossing in Lancashire Train hit a van as a crossing in Burscough, Lancashire, on Saturday afternoon, killing the man inside
Evening Standard · Aug 27 Police hunt man after sexual assault on central London train The attack occurred on an Elizabeth Line train on Tuesday August 18
The Independent UK · Aug 18 Detectives face investigation over alleged failings which led to Simon Levy murders Two BTP detectives are being investigated over ‘alleged failures to progress or supervise an investigation’ into sexual assaults by Levy on the London Underground in October 2024