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The Latest Breaking News from the British Transport Police

Two men arrested by corrupt police officer finally have convictions quashed after 50 years

Ridgewell framed innocent young black men for his own crimes

The Independent UK · 22h ago

Court quashes 1976 theft convictions over link to corrupt London police officer

Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs, who died in 2004, exonerated of mailbag theft after new evidence emerged

The Guardian - UK · 22h ago

Police hunt thugs after man's nose broken in brutal rush hour assault at major London station

The British Transport Police have released images of four boys who could help them with their investigation

Evening Standard · Aug 28

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London Underground is trialing live face scanning from today as privacy groups say it 'treats the public like suspects' — here's how to avoid it

The British Transport Police are putting facial recognition cameras in Tube stations, but face a backlash against the tech.

TechRadar · Aug 11

King meets police officers who dealt with Bedfordshire train crash

Charles was opening the headquarters of the British Transport Police.

Evening Standard · Jul 8

Police CCTV appeal after two women ‘sexually assaulted’ at London Bridge station

The police have issued an appeal in a bid to find a man who approached the two women at the busy station in central London

The Independent UK · Jul 3

Police issue appeal after man ‘sexually assaulted teenage girl on train’

An appeal to find a man who allegedly assaulted a teenaged girl on a train is underway

The Independent UK · Jul 2

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Driver killed in train crash near Bedford named as family pay tribute

Shaun Burton’s family said they were devastated by his loss, in a statement released by British Transport Police.

Evening Standard · Jun 21

Train driver killed in Bedford crash named as family pay tribute

Family of Shaun Burton, 60, say they are ‘devastated by his loss’ and their thoughts are ‘also with those affected’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21

Who is Noor Aziz Ahmadzai? Afghan veteran suffers serious brain injury after attack at UK railway station

An Afghan Special Forces veteran who once served alongside British troops is fighting for life after suffering a serious brain injury in an alleged assault while working as a security guard in the UK, police said.

The Times of India · Apr 17

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 · Mar 2

'He pulled my hair and started hammering me' - TfL frontline staff tell of horrific passenger attacks

Number of violent attacks on London transport workers doubles in a year as investigation hears of danger trying to tackle fare dodgers

Evening Standard · Feb 24

'I was sexually assaulted on a London train — women-only carriages on the Tube are the only answer'

Model Amber Dowling-Doyle opens up about horrific attack as part of campaign to make public transport safer

Evening Standard · Jan 23

Woman chased victim into busy Tube station before robbing her

The shocking incident took place in Earl’s Court Underground station just before Christmas

Evening Standard · Jan 9

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The Independent UK · Jan 9

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

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025

Israel-Gaza conflict fuels hate crime on London's public transport

Chief Superintendent Chris Casey of the British Transport Police told a City Hall meeting that international conflicts were playing out on London’s transport network

Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2025

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.

Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2025

Police hunt man who slapped women on Central Line in unprovoked attacks

Officers release CCTV image of man they believe can help their enquiries after two women attacked on London Underground

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The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2025

Huntingdon train attack hero discharged from hospital as family make plea to public

Samir Zitouni is credited with saving ‘multiple lives’ on board the train

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025

Maga influencer with ‘Mar-a-Lago face’ who was in the running to be Trump’s press secretary wanted for assault

Rein Lively was a member of the controversial QAnon movement which accused global elites of carrying out child sex crimes

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025

Asylum seeker found guilty of stabbing migrant hotel worker to death with screwdriver

The trial heard Majek had been reported to security at the Park Inn Hotel in Walsall, where he lived and Rhiannon worked

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025

Bike thefts outside stations 'decriminalised' as police won't investigate if locked for more than two hours

The British Transport Police confirmed that CCTV footage will not be assessed in cases beyond a two-hour timeframe

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025

Boy, 17, ‘sexually assaulted multiple women’ during two-hour rampage in London

The British Transport Police have made an arrest but are appealing for witnesses and potential victims to come forward

Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2025

Teenager who carried out string of 'abhorrent' sexual assaults at London Tube stations jailed

The 18-year-old sexually assaulted two women within two hours during spate of attacks on the Tube network last year

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025

Tommy Robinson won’t be charged over alleged St Pancras assault, police say

British Transport Police said the Crown Prosecution Service concluded ‘there was not a realistic prospect of conviction’

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