The LNER traincrew member who intervened at the risk of his own life when a man started stabbing his passengers has been discharged from hospital and is now continuing his recovery at home. Eleven people needed hospital treatment, some of them for serious injuries. Samir (‘Sam’) Zitouni, 48, was critically hurt after he had protected people on the train, and LNER managing director David Horne has described his actions as ‘incredibly brave’.

Rail passengers are being warned of possible disruption today in many parts of England and Wales as Storm Claudia brings heavy rain and high winds. An amber rain warning is in force in the south and Midlands between Peterborough and Cardiff, and less severe yellow warnings have been issued for East Anglia, much of southern England, and into the south west as far as Exeter. There are amber warnings of high winds in most of Wales and across the North between Manchester and Hull.