3 d. ago Escaped prisoner LIVE: Liam Slater on the run as public warned 'do not approach'

Liam Slater, 33, escaped from prison and was last seen boarding a train to Leeds just hours after he fled - police have warned the public not to approach the fugitive

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4 d. ago Major manhunt underway after prisoner escapes and catches train as public told 'do not approach'

Liam Slater, 33, absconded from HMP Hatfield and was last seen boarding a train

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4 d. ago Police hunt for escaped prisoner Liam Slater last seen boarding train

Liam Slater, 33, absconded from HMP Hatfield and was last seen boarding a train to Leeds on May 18 - police are yet to find him and have asked members of the public not to approach him

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6 d. ago Missing Scots schoolgirl who 'boarded train to England' found after urgent search

Ava Stewart, from Kilmarnock, had last been seen at around 1.35pm on Friday, June 6, at Glasgow Central Station.

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7 d. ago Fears for missing Scots schoolgirl believed to have boarded train to England

Police are urgently seeking information to help find 13-year-old Ava Stewart from Kilmarnock.

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2 w. ago In Hong Kong, my daughter was dazzled by futuristic tech – and I glimpsed the world she’ll grow up in | Kojo Koram

When I was young, Britain felt like the apex of global civilisation. But as power migrates to autocracies, our belief in democracy seems complacentA few months ago, I travelled with my six-year-old daughter to Hong Kong. As we made our way out of the airport and boarded a train, we shared a brief moment that gave me pause to reflect on how different her conception of the world will be from the one I grew up with. We sat down on immaculate seats, surrounded by LED screens. She looked around and said: “Wow Daddy, we don’t have trains like this back in London.”As the week wore on, and she pointed out other things that she had never seen back home, her comment about the high-speed train took on a broader resonance. Used to Britain’s strained and crumbling public transport, my little girl had identified how economic power has migrated to a different model of capitalism over the past generation. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Train hits tractor and trailer on level crossing causing injuring multiple passengers

Manchester-to-Cardiff passenger train with 56 people on board hits tractor in Herefordshire

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