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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.

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

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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

Evening Standard

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’

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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

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

'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

Cycling Weekly

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

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

‘I’m Muslim and wore a face veil for the first time. Then a man tried to hit me on the Tube’

More than one in three Muslim women have experienced racist abuse on public transport, according to a new report

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Knife fight at Tube station leaves man in hospital

A man in his twenties has been arrested following the incident

Evening Standard

Woman sexually assaulted on Tube during rush hour

The woman was travelling east on the District line from West Ham

Evening Standard

Robber threatened to stab teenager before stealing his bike on train

The boy handed the thief his bike and got off the train

Evening Standard

Police hunt six after knife brandished during Balham Tube Station brawl

The British Transport Police have released CCTV images of six people after a fight turned violent on Balham’s southbound platform.

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Creep, 35, Targeted Woman On Packed Tube And Sexually Assaulted Her, Police Claim

A man who exploited packed London Underground rush hour to sexually assault a woman was jailed for 26 weeks. Read how the victim's bravery secured the conviction of Jatinder Singh.

The Guardian - UK

Police disclosing suspects’ ethnicity is fuelling prejudice, say campaigners

Fifty groups write letter calling for policy in high-profile cases in England and Wales to be scrapped

The Independent UK

Couple wanted over racist assault at London tube station believed to have fled country

The couple are understood to me Maga influencer Melissa Rein Lively and her partner Philip Ostermann

Evening Standard

Trump backer and financier partner accused of Bond Street Tube racist assault no longer in UK, say police

British Transport Police issue update on investigation after family were racially abused and assaulted in central London

Evening Standard

Man, 20, stabbed at London train station as police search for car driver seen minutes before attack

Witnesses report seeing two groups armed a zombie knife and an iron bar in Belvedere on Friday night

Evening Standard

Trump supporter and financier named as couple in Bond Street Tube ‘assault and racist abuse’ police appeal

Philip Ostermann and Melissa Rein Lively have been named as the subjects of the British Transport Police appeal

International Business Times UK

Teen Relative of Damson Idris Slashed in the Face in London's Train Stabbing Rampage

Damson Idris's 17-year-old nephew, Isaiah Ishmael Idris, was slashed in the face during a London train stabbing spree that injured at least 11 people. Police arrested suspect Anthony Williams, 32, on charges of attempted murder.

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