All news on the topic: British Transport Police

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Drunk Tube passenger jailed after trying to push woman in front of train
Arthur Hawrylewicz had travelled to London with a friend for work and says he was drunk, depressed and suicidal but cannot explain why he grabbed the young woman on the busy platform on August 22 last year
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Teen stowaway found dead after falling from plane to Heathrow days before Xmas
An inquest at West London Coroners Court heard authorities have made "sterling efforts" to find the teenage boy's family after his body was found on railway tracks in 2020
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Furious drivers resort to stealing traffic cameras ahead of £12.50 daily charge
Sadiq Khan's Ultra Low Emission Zone scheme is already estimated to have made almost £250 million since it was first implemented in 2019 and more protests have been staged over its expansion
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Heartbreaking tribute to 'always smiling' mum found dead on railway line
Colette Fazackerley, 40, was pronounced dead on Easter Sunday (April 9) after police were called to reports of a woman near the train tracks, close to the Ashton Cricket Club
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'Man watched porn next to me on train before group of lads heroically helped me'
Agnieszka Narczynska, 34, was travelling alone on a ScotRail service between Glasgow and Lanark at around around 11pm on April 4 when a male passenger began to make advances towards her, calling her "gorgeous", before taking pictures
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Hero fights off a thug with a traffic cone after policeman stabbed in the neck
Zakir Malik received an award for ‘saving’ the life of a policeman who was brutally attacked with broken glass and stabbed in the head and neck
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'Jekyll and Hyde' top chef stamped on man's head because he supported Man Utd
Self-taught chef and Liverpool fan Benjamin Nessling is said to be a “Jekyll and Hyde character” with anger management issues after he followed a man into the train toilets and beat him unconscious
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Thug punched stranger to death with horseshoe after asking 'do you want to die?'
Kirkpatrick Virgo has been found guilty of murder after he killed 24-year-old Thomas Parker at Reading Station by punching him with a horseshoe
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Family of girl, 15, electrocuted on rail line will 'never overcome' her death
Roxy Phillips, 15, was pronounced dead at the scene in Weymouth after being electrocuted on a railway line, with her heartbroken family paying tribute to the "beautiful" schoolgirl
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Feminist group plasters streets with posters mocking Met Police after report
The Women's Equality Party have today launched a national campaign called 'See it. Say it. Ignore it.' with posters depicting Met officers laughing as a woman is attacked
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'People laughed as I was sexually harassed on the Tube'
Many trains are still operating without CCTV despite British Transport Police seeing a huge upturn in sex crimes on the rail - from harassment and voyeurism to rape
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'Wayne Couzens proves that flashers are potential predators - crimes escalate'
Rachael Bletchly says indecent exposure still goes under-reported as it is trivialised and shrugged off, but Wayne Couzens is proof that we need to start taking 'non-contact' sexual offences more seriously
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Terrifying moment moped driver is 'seconds away' from being hit by train
The video shows the two people riding on one motor scooter come within centimetres of a speeding train in what Transport Police called, the “most shocking” incident of its type that they had ever seen
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Boy, 10, sexually assaulted 'in front of mum' at station as cops appeal for help
The 10-year-old victim was sexually assaulted whilst walking up stairs at Leicester Square Tube station, before his mum tried to chase the perpetrator down
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Baby horse found 'close to death' in a pile of rubbish rescued by kind sanctuary
In this week's Pet Club, Barney the five-month-old foal was saved from death, train driver Stefan is praised for his courageous thinking and Flaus the lamb hilariously mistakes himself for a dog
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'A stranger saved my life by starting a chat - I wouldn't be here without her'
Francesca Williams, 22, from London, is opening up about the moment a stranger stopped her from taking her own life by starting up a conversation - she is 'forever grateful' and wants to say thanks
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'I was sent creepy Airdrop requests on a train - simple fix isn't the answer'
Two women share their experiences of feeling 'vulnerable' after being sent unsolicited Airdrops as cyber-flashing is set to become a criminal offence amid the Online Safety Bill
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Watch yobs hurl bike onto train tracks - risking major rail derailment
Network Rail are pleading with parents to teach children about rail safety after youths were spotted hurling a bike onto the tracks at a Yorkshire station, putting lives at risk
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Man, 61, charged with assaulting Matt Hancock after 'aggressive' Tube encounter
The former Health Secretary was allegedly harangued by a man who followed him through the barriers at Westminster Underground station and onto a train
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Matt Hancock assaulted at Tube station in 'aggressive and unpleasant encounter'
The alleged attack on the former Health Secretary happened yesterday morning at Westminster Underground station, close to the Houses of Parliament
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Sacked cop called female colleague 'my b***h' in messages 'driven by misogyny'
Connor Phillips set up anonymous social media accounts in October 2020 and sent 'inappropriate, upsetting and derogatory' messages to a female colleague, causing her 'significant distress and concern'