Overview
- Ministers announced improved station CCTV with remote access for British Transport Police and a brief increase in visible patrols, rejecting scanners as impractical for the domestic network.
- A 32-year-old from Peterborough has been charged with 11 counts of attempted murder linked to the LNER train attack near Huntingdon and an incident on the DLR, with 10 people injured and a rail worker in critical but stable condition.
- Opposition figures urged live facial recognition and expanded stop-and-search, and the home secretary has hinted at interest in technology to scan bags from a distance.
- Unions and security experts say BTP officer numbers have fallen to 2,910 with a reported £8.5m shortfall, calling for sustained funding and more routine on‑train policing.
- Analysts say airport-style checks are unworkable across thousands of stations, noting St Pancras is the only UK site with such screening, while safety charities urge fitting bleed-control kits on trains.