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Fare-dodger barriers cost £230,000 but are left open

04.11.09
Rail bosses have spent nearly a quarter of a million pounds installing ticket barriers at a crime-ridden station — only to leave them open because of staff shortages ... more

Bomb survivor's first bus ride since 7/7

02.11.09
Woman who survived a bus bombing during the 7/7 terror attacks has confronted her fears and got back on one for the first time... more

‘Some PCs are looking to put me in my place as a black man’

16.10.09
Ken Hinds has been commended by the Met for his courage in tackling knife gangs yet he has had to take the police to court for harassment and has won £22,000 compensation. Why?... more

Met must think again on stop and search

16.10.09
Our interview today with black community worker Ken Hinds raises troubling questions about police use of stop-and-search... more

Black Met adviser stopped and searched more than 100 times

16.10.09
Black adviser to the Met sparks new race row after revealing his concerns over harassment of ethnic minorities by London police... more

£22,000 for man arrested after watching stop-and-search

14.10.09
Black youth worker criticised police for damaging race relations after he was handcuffed and detained for watching a stop-and-search... more

Youths set fire to teacher's hair on train

19.08.09
These are images of a gang of youths who set a woman teacher's hair on fire with a lighter in an unprovoked attack on a train.... more

Six held in raids after attack on passenger

21.07.09
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Police probe after man found dead in train toilet

10.07.09
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Do you know him? Face of man who jumped in front of Tube and survived

02.06.09
Police appeal for help in identifying a man who threw himself in front of a London Underground train and survived... more

Just one in five Tube sex offenders is caught

01.06.09
Transport police are only tracking down one in five sex offenders who strike on the London Underground... more

Fall in violent crime on the Tube

20.05.09
The number of robberies on the London Underground has fallen by nearly 30 per cent in the past year, according to police figures... more

Four-week old baby girl abandoned by mother at train station

15.05.09
A four-week-old baby girl is being cared for after her mother abandoned her at a railway station... more

Gang in attack on 11 Tube trains

23.04.09
Terrified Tube commuters cowered in their seats as a gang of youths threw a fusillade of bricks and rocks which smashed carriage windows... more

Minister Andy Burnham leaves his ‘restricted’ papers on train

21.04.09
Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has apologised for leaving a briefcase containing confidential documents on a train... more

On track, but there is a lot more to do

18.02.09
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New appeal over station knife robber

29.01.09
Police have appealed to commuters to help trace the man responsible for robbing a number of lone women at knifepoint... more

Boris pledges £6m for 50 extra police on the railways

06.01.09
Boris Johnson visited Bromley South to launch plans for an extra 50 British Transport Police officers to patrol stations and trains in outer London... more

Mayor to hold new inquiry on racism at the Met

06.10.08
Mayor Boris Johnson has announced an inquiry into racism at Scotland Yard as black police leaders ordered a recruitment boycott of the force... more

Transport police in new drive to defeat crime on the railways

29.08.08
Police are attempting to stamp out crime on the railways in a week-long operation... more

Moment a vandal cheated death on live railway track

21.08.08
Images released by police show how three youths threw a bin and then a metal wheelchair ramp onto a 750-volt live rail... more

Carnival police use 'ring of steel' to curb violence and crime

14.08.08
A "ring of steel" will be enforced around this year's carnival in an attempt to stamp out violence and crime... more

Met staff's free travel scam

08.08.08
Met police staff have been caught using their passes illegally to avoid paying for train travel... more

Seconds from disaster, woman who wouldn't use a railway bridge

17.07.08
A woman narrowly avoids being crushed by a train as she jumps across railway tracks... more

Dogs and X-rays to speed Tube screening

26.06.08
New minimum-delay security measures to screen Tube and mainline rail passengers are to be introduced by British Transport Police... more

Who's the mug?

11.06.08
Thief steals necklace and then admires his haul in the lens of a CCTV camera... more

Tube crime plummets with knife scanners at stations

28.05.08
The number of violent crimes and robberies on London Underground have been cut after police deployed knife scanners at stations... more

The Tory audit

24.04.08
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Good Samaritan is beaten unconscious by train teenagers

07.04.08
Police are hunting a violent teenage gang after a commuter was kicked unconscious when he came to the aid of a woman being assaulted... more

784 teenagers held in half-term crime raids

29.02.08
More than 700 teenagers were arrested in a huge clampdown on half-term holiday street violence... more

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