40 h. ago Moment commuter who dodged £20,000 of rail fares is snared at London Waterloo station

Undercover officers tracked his movements before apprehending him when he arrived at the platform at Waterloo

Economics

43 h. ago Plans for North Wales metro service unveiled by Welsh Government

More rail and bus services, pay as you go technology and station improvements have been promised for North Wales over the next decade.

Politics

67 h. ago Pakistan blames India for suspected suicide attack on school bus

Four children and two adults killed in attack on bus en route to army public school in Balochistan provincePakistan has blamed India for a suspected suicide attack on a school bus in its south-western province of Balochistan on Wednesday morning that killed four children.The bus was en route to the army public school in the city of Khuzdar. According to local officials, an attacker drove a vehicle into the bus at and then detonated explosives. Continue reading...

Events

67 h. ago A Private Life review – Jodie Foster is a sleuthing shrink in French

Cannes film festivalFoster plays a psychoanalyst who suspects her client may not have killed herself, and sets out to investigate with ex-husband Daniel AuteuilRebecca Zlotowski serves up a genial, preposterous psychological mystery caper: the tale of an American psychoanalyst in Paris, watchably played by Jodie Foster in elegant French, who suspects that a patient who reportedly committed suicide was actually murdered. Zlotowski is perhaps channelling Hitchcock or De Palma, or even late-period Woody Allen – or maybe Zlotowski has, like so many of us, fallen under the comedy spell of Only Murders in the Building on TV and fancied the idea of bringing its vibe to Paris and transforming the mood – slightly – into something more serious.Foster is classy shrink Lilian Steiner, stunned at the news that her client Paula Cohen-Solal (Virginie Efira) has taken her own life. She is also furiously confronted by Paula’s grieving widower Simon (Mathieu Amalric), who believes she bears some resp...

Events

3 d. ago Wheelchair user missed train at Liverpool Street after staff 'refused to get ramp'

Network Rail have apologised to Anna Landre following the incident

Society

4 d. ago Plans for 12 new towns in England to cost up to £48bn, report says

Milton Keynes identified by consultancy WPI Strategy as most favourable potential location

Economics

4 d. ago Disability activist stranded on Liverpool Street platform after staff 'refused to get ramp'

The wheelchair user said she was left crying at the busy station after staff members claimed she was ‘rude’ and refused to provide a ramp for her

Politics

4 d. ago Opening of new Hairmyres station an 'exciting milestone' in £144m rail upgrade

Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop MSP said this latest opening is "an exciting milestone" with the completion of the East Kilbride electrification on track for later this year.

Economics

9 d. ago Call for action to protect prison officers ‘before there is a fatality’

A prison officers’ union has called for urgent action after attacks at two jails left prison officers injured.

Events

9 d. ago Former Royal Marine and wife found dead in suspected 'murder

An inquest was opened today into the deaths of retired commando John Perkins, 66, and his 67-year-old wife Kathryn, from Exmouth, Devon.

Events

9 d. ago Prison guard has throat slashed by lag in latest terrifying attack behind bars

Two prison officers have been attacked at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes in separate incidents and in one of the assaults a guard had their throat slashed requiring stitches

Events

9 d. ago Prison guard has 'throat slashed by inmate wielding improvised weapon' in one of three attacks in wave of violence sweeping high

The staff member was attacked at HMP Woodhill, a high-security prison in Milton Keynes, according to the Prison Officers' Association (POA).

Events

1 week ago Nebraska man stabbed entire family to death before turning knife on himself, police say

The apparent murder-suicide occurred just hours before suspect Jeremy Koch’s eldest son was due to attend his high school graduation

Events

1 week ago Historic route maps hidden for decades at Victoria station restored for 200th anniversary of rail

Ceramic route maps showcased London Brighton & South Coast Railway

Politics

2 w. ago ‘Someone knows something’: Sabrina Brett’s desperate family’s plea to help solve teen’s murder 30 years on

The teenager’s brother begged for anyone with information to come forward, warning: ‘A very dangerous person, or people, are still on the loose’

Events

2 w. ago M1 motorway closed LIVE: Car erupts into fireball as traffic grinds to a halt

A huge car fire on the M1 has brought traffic to a halt and drivers have been warned to expect 45 minute delays after the blaze near Junction 15 for Northampton and Milton Keynes

Events

3 w. ago Northern issues warning to thousands of Super League fans with major rail disruption this weekend

Huddersfield train station is set to be closed over the weekend - with rail replacement buses being offered to fans instead

Events

3 w. ago Virginia Giuffre's final words released by family saying 'battle lines are drawn'

The family of Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accused Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, have released a handwritten note she penned shortly before her suspected suicide

Events

3 w. ago Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes review – the horror is still breathtaking

This dreadfully suspenseful four-parter about the killing of the innocent Brazilian man reveals the staggering number of blunders that led up to itIn Britain, we are not short of stories of police incompetence, malfeasance or deception, but the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes stands out because the manner of his death is so shocking. De Menezes, a 27-year-old Brazilian working as an electrician in London, boarded the tube at Stockwell station on the morning of 22 July 2005. Moments later, before the carriage doors could close, armed police sprinted on to the train and shot him seven times, point blank, in the head. De Menezes had been mistaken for a suicide bomber; he was entirely innocent of any crime.Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, a four-part drama by Jeff Pope, portrays the horror of that moment with breathtaking clarity. The sheer power and speed of the killing are viscerally startling: De Menezes (Edison Alcaide) is tackled, pinned and shot before he can ...

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3 w. ago Bank Holiday travel: Londoners face disruption with no trains to run from Euston on Sunday or Monday

Network Rail will carry out work to replace track on sections of line between Euston and Milton Keynes

Politics