The 61-year-old Londoner - whose parents are Irish - boarded the LNER service from Doncaster to London King's Cross in Grantham, Lincolnshire, to return to the capital after watching his team, Nottingham Forest, draw 2-2 with Manchester United at the City Ground.

An Australian man has recalled the chilling moment he looked the alleged UK train stabber in the face during a “terrifying” rampage that left 11 people in hospital.

Passengers travelling from Doncaster to London were attacked in a mass stabbing on a train on Saturday night. Eleven people received treatment in hospital following the attack. One - a member of the train staff - is in a life-threatening condition.

A man from Peterborough faces multiple attempted murder charges following a shocking mass stabbing on a high-speed train in Cambridgeshire, leaving eleven injured. Two victims remain in critical condition after the incident,

British police have confirmed that the knife attack on a train in Cambridgeshire is not being treated as a terrorist incident. Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the violent assault aboard a train near Huntingdon station on November 1 According to Officer John Loveless,

The National Rail website says that lines affected by the disruption are the Great Northern between London Kings Cross and Peterborough, LNER between London Kings Cross and Lincoln, Doncaster, Leeds, Bradford Forster Square and Harrogate, and Thameslink between London Kings Cross, Welwyn Garden City, Hitchin and Peterborough.

Police confirmed there is nothing to suggest the incident was linked to terrorism and have appealed for witnesses or information.

Cambridgeshire bus services are facing a pre-Christmas standstill as 350 Stagecoach workers could strike over pay.