Results tagged “British Transport police”

Breakdowns on the Tube could be attended to in half the time if a trial which involves putting engineers on emergency response vehicles proves to be a success.

The joint initiative between British Transport Police, London Underground and Transport for London was launched at Canary Wharf on Thursday morning.

Officers from British Transport Police investigating reports of racist chanting following Charlton Athletic's FA Cup clash with Fulham earlier this month have made nine arrests.

The south-east London football club's chief executive Stephen Kavanagh accompanied the police on a series of raids on suspects' homes on Wednesday morning.

A teenager was forced onto the tracks after he was robbed by a gang at Greenwich railway station.

The 17-year-old victim from Plumstead took the dangerous action after four men attacked him and stole his mobile phone while he was waiting for a train.

A drug dealer from Beckton who claimed jobseekers allowance despite making thousands from crime has been sent to prison.

Lewis Esty, 25, of Windsor Road, was convicted after an investigation by British Transport Police officers who arrested him for selling drugs outside an Underground station.

A dramatic rise in the number of cable thefts has hit DLR and Underground services over the last year.

British Transport Police said figures for crime overall were down but instances of stolen railway property saw a huge increase, while robbery and fraud were also up.

DLR services were disrupted on Thursday after a man was spotted walking along the tracks near London City Airport.

Early reports suggest he was carrying a knife in the incident which occured at around 1.30pm and saw the line closed for nearly half an hour.

A man was killed after being hit by a DLR train at Custom House station last Friday evening.

The man, who has not been named but is believed to be 42-years-old and from Sutton Coldfield, was hit by the train at around 9.30pm. Emergency services were called and the man was taken to hospital, where he later died of his injuries.

A female commuter was hit in the face after objecting to her leg being touched inappropriately.

The 29-year-old charity worker from Tower Hamlets was on a Southern trains service travelling from South Bermondsey to London Bridge when she was attacked.

Do you recognise this man?

British Transport Police (BTP) want to trace him in connection with an investigation into the posting of homophobic stickers around east London, including Canary Wharf, in recent months. The stickers feature a rainbow flag with a red line through it with the message 'gay free zone'.

CCTV images have been released of a man police are looking for in connection with a mobile phone snatch at Crossharbour DLR station.

A member of DLR staff was verbally abused by the suspect, and then had her phone snatched from her hand after she had asked to check his Oyster card. The suspect then ran from the train and out of the station.

A group of men who violently assaulted a passenger on the Jubilee line and gave homophobic abuse to another are being hunted by police.

The incident took place on a westbound line train on December 7 after a Suede gig at the North Greenwich arena.

A DLR thug has been jailed after punching and kicking a 50-year-old man who had asked him to stop making offensive comments.

Jabu Somgxada, 29, of Palmeira Avenue, on Westcliffe on Sea, was sentenced to six months for the attack which happened at Langdon Park station.

A fare dodger has been given a community order and made to pay compensation after assaulting a DLR worker.

Ayo Bodunrin, 21, of St Leonards Road in Poplar, was also ordered to attend an 18-day course to help deal with aggression following the attack in May last year.

Pickpockets on the Wharf are being targeted in a police operation which has already seen the crime decrease 28 per cent over the last two months.

British Transport Police identified Canary Wharf's stations as a hotspot for theft, a crime which has risen 10 per cent across the DLR and Tube networks in the last year.

In broad daylight, two men help themselves to metal grilles from the streets of Britannia Village in Docklands, writes Steven Davies.

They will load their hoard on a lorry which is already stacked with Asda shopping trolleys, all destined for the scrap metal market.

An earlier gun scare on the Jubilee Line is causing minor delays to the service this afternoon.

British Transport Police were called at 2.47pm after two passengers claimed they were threatened by a man with a firearm between West Ham and Canning Town stations.

Protest group Disarm DSEi has warned police it "will not negotiate" ahead of its arms fair action next week.

In an open letter to the Metropolitan Police, the group rejected calls for greater communication as it is "not in control of any of the actions undertaken by the participants" in its demonstration.

Vandalism brought DLR services to a halt at rush-hour on Monday evening.

A fence panel was thrown on to the track near Canning Town station at about 6pm, causing the power to be turned off and leaving some commuters trapped for nearly two hours.

Officers are looking for witnesses to a sexual assault on the Jubilee line at Canary Wharf.

British Transport Police has released a CCTV picture of a man it is keen to talk to regarding the rush-hour incident in May, in which a woman was touched between the legs three times.

Eastern Jubilee line services were shut down last night as police tried to talk down a woman threatening to hurl herself from a bridge.

British Transport Police stopped trains between North Greenwich and Stratford at around 10pm last night, as officers attempted to persuade the teenager not to throw herself onto the track.