Tributes have been paid to the train manager who was seriously injured in Saturday night’s stabbing attacks on an LNER train. The train manager tried to stop the attacks, and is in hospital with ‘life-threatening’ injuries. The driver of the train from York, Andrew Johnson, has also been praised for his speedy response, because he liased swiftly with control when the alarm was raised south of Peterborough, so that his train could be diverted from the up through line at Huntingdon to the slow line platform, where police could board the train.

Ten people have been hurt, nine seriously, in a series of stabbing attacks on board an LNER train last night. The train was the 18.02 from York to London King’s Cross, and the attacks began after the train had called at Peterborough. The driver made an emergency stop at Huntingdon after the alarm was raised, where armed police were able to meet the train. The reason for the attacks is unknown, but two people have been arrested.