5 h. ago Morning commuter spots man walking outside train station then realises who it is

A man on his commute spotted a group of people taking photos of a man and only realised who he was when he got closer leaving him utterly floored at why he was there

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11 h. ago Teenager held on suspicion of murder after boy, 16, stabbed at train station

Officers from Sussex Police and paramedics also attended the incident.

Events

3 d. ago I had lunch at Edinburgh's newest and best Japanese restaurant and it was pure magic

This lovely restaurant has opened on a busy street near the train station

Politics

3 d. ago World's 'biggest' train station five times bigger than Grand Central is now open

The Chongqing East Station in China has just opened its doors and is set to be the world's largest train station, surpassing London's King's Cross in size

Politics

4 d. ago Drawings reveal Victorian proposal for London’s own Grand Central station

Perceval Parsons’ plans for station put on sale to mark 200th anniversary of first public passenger railwayThe vaulted arches of New York’s Grand Central station are recognisable even to those who have never taken a train into the Big Apple. But they could very easily have been a sight visible in central London.Shelved 172-year-old architectural drawings by Perceval Parsons show how he envisioned a new London railway connecting the growing number of lines coming into the city to a huge main terminal by the Thames. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Honeytrap blackmail gang who held football stars' barber hostage with a machete for half a million pounds ransom are jailed

Quentin Cepeljac was rescued by police at St Pancras train station in the early hours of June 6, last year after he was held captive in a basement Airbnb flat in Shepherds Bush for nine hours.

Events

6 d. ago Police issue appeal after motor torched on street near Bridge of Allan train station

The vehicle was found on fire, parked close to Bridge of Allan train station car park last month.

Events

7 d. ago Boy, 15, charged with murder after teen stabbed in front of McDonald's customers

Police were called to Old Kent Road SE1 just before 11pm on Wednesday, August 27 by the London Ambulance Service after reports of a stabbing in front of McDonald's customers

Economics

7 d. ago Boy who 'laughed and smirked' through murder trial unmasked after stabbing teen

Kennie Carter's killer who was 14 when he murdered the youngster in a tit-for-tat feud can be named for the first time after he turned 18 and reporting restrictions automatically lifted

Events

8 d. ago 'Opportunist' thief stole over £1000 of tools from site of new Hairmyres train station

An “opportunist” thief stole electrical tools worth more than £1000 from the site of the new Hairmyres train station in East Kilbride.

Economics

8 d. ago The massive plan for yet more change in Stockport town centre

It could make it easier to get around and access the train station.

Politics

8 d. ago China’s victory day parade live: Xi Jinping appears alongside Putin and Kim Jong

Xi Jinping is showing off China’s military hardware at event attended by leaders from Russia, North Korea, Iran and MyanmarThe parade has commenced, they are singing the Chinese national anthem.Photos have emerged showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stepping off his armoured train at Beijing Railway Station accompanied by his daughter, Kim Ju-ae. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Protester carrying dog scales clock tower at London train station

Protester carrying dog scales clock tower at London train station  The Independent

Events

9 d. ago Protester clutching a dog climbs clocktower at mainline train station

Firefighters persuaded the activist to allow the animal to be safely brought to the ground around three hours into the stand-off at King’s Cross.

Events

1 week ago Teenage boy and girl arrested on suspicion of murder after Luton stabbing

A man in his 20s was taken to hospital by emergency services with serious injuries and was pronounced dead shortly after.

Events

1 week ago Teenager held on suspicion of murder after woman falls from block of flats

Emergency services were called to reports a woman had fallen from the building in Cuckmere Lane, Southampton, shortly after 2.40pm on Thursday.

Events

1 week ago Jude Law leads celebrities against 'heartbreaking' plan for 45 new homes on train station car park site in 'wonderful old village'

Hundreds of residents in the quaint suburban village of Blackheath in south-east London are up in arms over the proposals, which they think are too large and 'out of keeping' for the area.

Society

2 w. ago Rachel Roddy’s recipe for fig, ricotta and orange tart | A kitchen in Rome

Fresh figs, so beloved of the ancient Egyptians and Romans alike, are the stars of this ambrosial summer bake that works almost as beautifully with fig jamYesterday, we left a garden with a fig tree as tall as a house to catch a train to Rome Termini station, where tiny, thrill-seeking figs grow on the tracks. The fearless fig tree is a descendant of the prehistoric wild caprifig, which spread from Caria (hence the species name carica) in ancient Anatolia, across the Mediterranean. Cultivation is thought to have started in Egypt and the Levant, probably between 4000 and 2700BC; particular evidence of this is the common fig (Ficus carica) on the stone walls within ancient Egyptian tombs called mastaba, painted so their occupants could enjoy the fruit in the afterlife.Dozens of examples are described in a research paper by the professor of Egyptology Noha Hany Gerges Salama, including paintings within a fifth-dynasty mastaba of Iymery, in Giza. One painting in particular depicts two f...

Politics

2 w. ago Tommy Robinson will not be charged over alleged St Pancras assault, police say

British Transport Police say alleged victim ‘did not wish to provide a statement to the investigation’The far-right activist Tommy Robinson will not face charges over allegations he punched a man to the ground at a London train station, police and prosecutors have announced.Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after the incident on 28 July at St Pancras train station. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Tommy Robinson will not be charged over altercation at major London train station

Tommy Robinson will not be charged over altercation at major London train station  GB News

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