Overview
- A 32-year-old man from Peterborough has been charged with 11 counts of attempted murder linked to the LNER train near Huntingdon and a separate DLR station incident.
- A railway staff member who confronted the attacker remains in a critical but stable condition, and 10 people were taken to hospital after the assault.
- Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said airport-style screening is impractical for a network with thousands of stations and multiple entrances, citing low crime per journey on rail.
- The government plans improved station CCTV with remote access for British Transport Police and short-term increases in visible patrols as a reassurance measure.
- Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp called for live facial recognition at stations and expanded stop-and-search, as recent Home Office data showed knife homicides down 18% and overall knife crime down 5% year on year.