Tag: Tube

17 MAR

Here’s every way the London Tube bomber tried to cover his tracks — and failed

Metropolitan Police On September 16, 2017, Ahmed Hassan was arrested by police officers in Dover, in southern England. Less than 24 hours before, a bomb had partially detonated on the London Underground, injuring 30 people.It had been Hassan who planted the bomb — and he was apprehended as he was waiting to board a ferry […]

16 MAR

The Parsons Green Tube bomber has been found guilty of attempted murder

Ahmed Hassan, the man who planted a bomb on a London Underground train last year, has been found guilty of attempted murder. Hassan, who is 18, left a device on a District line service, which detonated at Parsons Green station. The device didn’t work properly, and nobody was killed in the attack. However, 30 people […]

24 FEB

Remembering the Bethnal Green tube disaster: The war-time tragedy Churchill hushed up

TONY SAPIANO / ALAMY STOCK The Bethnal Green tube disaster was originally hushed up By “it” she means the worst civilian disaster of the Second World War, albeit one that was all but absent from the history books for many years. On a rainy evening of March 3, 1943, 173 people were killed in a […]

23 FEB

This child died because a feeding tube was placed in the wrong spot, his family wants answers

A Syrian refugee family that travelled for years through refugee camps in Lebanon and Turkey before arriving in Leamington, Ont. is searching for answers after their five-year-old son died following a routine procedure at Windsor Regional Hospital.

26 JAN

Emmerdale spoilers: Viewers spot HUGE error as Lachlan squeezes Rebecca's breathing tube

After the funeral for Chrissie and Lawrence White, who were both killed in a car crash earlier this month, Lachlan (played by Thomas Atkinson) rushed to the hospital to murder his aunt Rebecca (Emily Head). In last night’s episode, Lachlan was seen behaving erratically after discovering Gerry Roberts (Shaun Thomas) listened to the incriminating voicemail […]

16 SEP

Fulham Broadway tube station closed over 'security alert'

Published time: 16 Sep, 2017 14:36 Edited time: 16 Sep, 2017 14:42 The Fulham Broadway tube station, one stop away from Parsons Green – the site of Friday’s terrorist attack in London – has been evacuated due to a ‘security alert.’ The evacuation was confirmed on Twitter by Transport for London and the District line […]

15 SEP

Terror On London's Tube

Experts contacted by BuzzFeed News say the apparent failure of the suspected device involved in the Parsons Green terror incident suggest an “amateur” attacker who may not have had direct contact with terror networks – but say these type of attacks are particularly difficult to prevent. One former MI5 counter-terror officer said the attack appeared […]

25 AUG

Surprise Surprise! Blind Date contestants Cilla matched up 25 years ago meet on the TUBE

Blind Date, the popular television show, is returning to screens soon.  The ITV programme, presented by Cilla Black originally, brought young people together by letting one contest choose from three others. Now two former contestants who chose one another back in 1992 met again on the London tube yesterday evening.  The meeting has now become […]