Several newspapers are reporting that police are investigating whether or not the person accused of stabbing 10 folks on a prepare passing by Peterborough on Saturday was concerned in separate incidents 24 hours earlier than the assault. “Three opportunities to stop an alleged knifeman may have been missed”, in accordance with the Daily Express, including that 999 calls had been made about three separate incidents earlier than the prepare stabbing. The newspaper cites a press release from Cambridgeshire Police which mentioned it was “currently reviewing all incidents in the time frame to understand whether there were any further potential crimes”.
The Metro says it has launched an “investigation” into whether or not police “missed numerous opportunities” to cease Anthony Williams, 32, who’s accused of 10 tried murders on a prepare from Doncaster to London on Saturday evening, “another at a DLR station in the capital just hours earlier, weapons offenses and an assault on a police officer in custody”.
Williams' connections to separate stabbing incidents additionally lead the Times. It writes that Cambridgeshire Police referred itself to the police watchdog, the IOPC, nevertheless it didn’t meet the factors for referral as a result of “none of the injured contacted the police before the attack occurred”.
The police investigation into the alleged prepare attackers is linked to “a series of earlier knife-related incidents”, in accordance with the Independent.
“Three heroes have been praised for trying to prevent Saturday's train crash,” the Daily Mirror reviews. The newspaper writes that the prepare driver was “commended” for making an unscheduled cease at Huntingdon station, whereas a prepare workers member and passenger had been “injured by the encounter with the knifeman”.
The Daily Star printed a profile on “hero football fan Stephen Crean”, reporting that he “snatched a knife from a train attacker”. The newspaper says Mr Crean was requested by his attacker, “Do you want to die?”
Meanwhile, a number of different newspapers are contemplating tax will increase within the November price range. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has hinted at a “tough but fair” price range, the Financial Times reviews. Sir Keir “promised to tackle the national debt but ruled out deep cuts in public spending”, the newspaper writes. It mentioned a variety of Labor MPs have “resigned” to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, breaking a pledge within the occasion's manifesto “not to raise the rates of income tax, National Insurance or Value Added Tax (VAT)”.
“Reeves has paved the way for a tax-raising Budget,” writes the Guardian, which previews the Chancellor's speech later at this time “in which she will be 'candid' about the tough choices ahead”.
The Daily Mail has additionally previewed the Chancellor's speech in Downing Street on Tuesday, reporting that she is going to handle “'speculation' about the contents of her budget on 26 November – when she is expected to raise taxes by £30 billion”.
“The Chancellor has given the strongest signal yet that she will raise income tax in a major pre-Budget speech,” the i-paper mentioned.
The Daily Telegraph reviews that the BBC “tampered” with Donald Trump's speech and “appeared to encourage the Capitol Hill riot”, in accordance with an “internal whistleblowing memo” seen by the newspaper. It says a Panorama program broadcast every week earlier than the 2024 US presidential election “misled” viewers. The newspaper says a 19-page file on “BBC bias” was compiled by a latest member of the BBC's requirements committee and is “now circulating in government departments”. A BBC spokesperson was quoted as saying: “Although we do not comment on leaked documents, when the BBC receives feedback it takes it seriously and considers it carefully.”
