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  1. Man, 32, charged with 10 counts of attempted murderpublished at 09:10 GMT 3 November
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    A 32-year-old from Peterborough has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder, one count of actual bodily harm and one count of possession of bladed article following a stabbing attack on a train in Cambridgeshire on Saturday, British Transport Police says.

    He is named as Anthony Williams.

    More on this shortly.

  2. Passengers sheltered in buffet carriage, eyewitness tells BBCpublished at 09:08 GMT 3 November
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    Warning: This post contains distressing details

    Eyewitness Matt Kingston was travelling on the LNER train where the attack took place. He was wearing his headphones and was first alerted to the incident when people started running through the train, he tells BBC Breakfast.

    As the noise got louder, he says he realised it was "time to go", leaving carriage H and running towards the buffet carriage.

    Train staff started closing the shutters to the buffet carriage in an attempt to shelter those inside from the attack. There were around "10 of us jammed in there", Kingston says.

    He describes one man leaving the carriage in an attempt to confront the attacker.

    Through the window of the carriage, Kingston says he could see the attacker walk past with "quite a large kitchen knife". Then nothing for about 30 seconds, before the attacker came back the other way.

    The attacker wasn't saying anything or running rapidly through the train, Kingston says. He describes the environment as "really strange" and "kind of calm in a sense".

    Kingston helped a young man who had been stabbed, putting pressure on a wound using "blue roll" from the buffet carriage. "Everyone around" was trying to help, he says.

  3. Did you witness the attack? Get in touchpublished at 08:58 GMT 3 November

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  4. Train departs Huntingdon stationpublished at 08:46 GMT 3 November
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    Robbie Kalus
    Reporting from Huntingdon

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    Train leaves Huntingdon station

    The London North Eastern Railway (LNER) train on which the stabbing attack took place on Saturday evening has just left Huntingdon station, heading north.

    The electronic displays read "Edinburgh Waverley" but the destination hasn’t been confirmed by police or LNER.

  5. Ex-senior transport police officer calls for security review on trainspublished at 08:17 GMT 3 November

    Andy Trotter looks to camera as he speaks to the BBC

    Former British Transport Police chief constable Andy Trotter says he hopes the incident will prompt a broader review of security on trains.

    He tells BBC Breakfast he thinks the incident was handled "very well" by the driver, rail authorities, police and other emergency services.

    It is reassuring to know there are more patrols on trains following the incident, but he says that will only work in the "very short-term".

    He says many people can feel vulnerable on trains if there is someone causing disorder.

    "I think what it illustrates is people's real concerns about being trapped with an offender, with someone causing disorder, and I hope this results in a broader review of security, the need for more BTP, the need for more security from the rail companies themselves," he says.

  6. Alexander says there will be increased police presence around trainspublished at 07:57 GMT 3 November

    We can bring you a bit more now from the transport secretary on BBC Breakfast. Police have said the incident is not terror-related, but she's asked if mental health is something detectives are looking into.

    Heidi Alexander says she has "no medical information" she can share about the suspect while a live police investigation is ongoing. There are "many questions" that need to be answered, she says.

    Alexander says there will be an increased police presence around trains but adds that the public should feel reassured that, despite this attack, the rail network remains a "low crime" environment.

    Asked about increased security on trains going forward, Alexander says the government wants to improve security in a "proportionate" way, including by improving CCTV at stations – but says that airport-style scanning technology is not something ministers are looking at.

  7. 'Hero' worker now stable, says Alexanderpublished at 07:40 GMT 3 November
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    Heidi Alexander now confirms to BBC Breakfast the rail worker is in a "critical but stable" condition, and remains in hospital.

    She pays tribute to his "remarkable" bravery, and says he is a "hero".

    "He put himself in harm's way and there are people who are alive today who wouldn't be alive had it not been for his actions," she says.

    More on this shortly.

  8. Train worker in 'critical but stable' condition - transport secretarypublished at 07:31 GMT 3 November
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    Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says the train worker - who has been hailed as hero for protecting passengers - is in a "critical but stable" condition.

    She tells Times Radio: "There are five people still in hospital, one of whom is the member of train crew... who this morning is in a critical but stable condition."

    Alexander is just about to be on BBC Breakfast, so stick with us as we bring you lines from that interview.

  9. 'In a box and can't get out': Witnesses on attackpublished at 07:14 GMT 3 November

    Eyewitnesses helped us piece together what happened on the 18:25 service from Doncaster to London on Saturday night:

    • Wren Chambers told the BBC they first became aware something was amiss when a man bolted down the carriage with a bloody arm, saying "they've got a knife, run". (Police arrested two men, but one of them - a 35-year-old - was later released)
    • Olly Foster thought it might have been a night-after-Halloween prank, but then saw an older man "block" an attacker from stabbing a younger girl, leaving him with a gash on his head and neck
    • Inside the train, it felt like "you were in a box, and you couldn't get out of it", one eyewitness who was travelling with his two children said
    • Some passengers, including Alistair Day, hid in the buffet car to escape the attacker. While inside, he helped a man who'd been stabbed - "I just want to know he's OK"
    • When the train stopped in Huntingdon, some locals - like Cassie Marriot - came to assist passengers. Marriot helped one young man who she said "looked shell shocked"
    Graphic of the train - showing that the attack reportedly happened in carriage J; Eyewitness Olly Foster says he was one coach away in J; Witness Alistair Day says he hid in the buffet car in coach G; Witness Steve told the BBC he was in coach B when the incident happened
  10. Almost 36 hours on, train remains on Huntingdon platformpublished at 07:04 GMT 3 November

    Robbie Kalus
    Reporting from Huntingdon

    Good morning from Huntingdon station, where almost 36 hours after the first 999 call went in, only a couple of police cars are left.

    Rail replacement buses are snaking up station approach while commuters wait in the rain.

    The white-and-red LNER train still sits on platform two, its electronic display boards still showing "London King's Cross" - the destination it never reached.

    The station is open to passing trains, with one whizzing past every 10 minutes or so.

    The train is held on the platform, shrouded in darkness
    A police car parked next to a police cordon outside the station
  11. What we know about suspect and injuredpublished at 06:51 GMT 3 November

    ‘Heroic’ staff member: One person - a London North Eastern Railway (LNER) worker who police said saved many people's lives while protecting passengers - remains in a life-threatening condition in hospital.

    Five discharged: Eleven people were treated in hospital after the attack. On Sunday evening, British Transport Police (BTP) said five had been discharged. None of the injured have been named.

    Suspect: A 32-year-old man from Peterborough is being treated as the only suspect. He has not been named but police previously described him as a black British national. He was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in police custody. Police believe the attack was not terror-related.

    Man released: A 35-year-old man, who was also arrested at the scene, has been released with no further action. Police said it had been "reported in good faith" that he was involved, but that was not the case.

  12. How the stabbing attack unfoldedpublished at 06:49 GMT 3 November

    • At 18:25 on Saturday, the LNER train leaves Doncaster station in South Yorkshire, heading to London King's Cross. The train is not crowded, witnesses say
    • Approximately an hour later, eyewitness Olly Foster says he heard people shouting "run, run, there's a guy literally stabbing everyone". People start pushing through the carriages
    • The first calls reach Cambridgeshire Police at 19:39. A few minutes later, at 19:42, British Transport Police record their first call
    • Eight minutes later, at around 19:50, the train makes an unscheduled stop at the station in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Armed police arrest two men. One of them, a 35-year-old, is later released

    A map showing the location of Huntingdon in England
  13. Train worker in hospital and suspect in custody after Saturday night mass stabbingpublished at 06:40 GMT 3 November

    Two people in white suits stand near police tapeImage source, PA Media

    We are restarting our live coverage, as police continue to question a 32-year-old man suspected of carrying out a mass stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire on Saturday night.

    A railway staff member – "who saved many lives" while protecting passengers, according to police – is in a life-threatening condition in hospital.

    Eleven people were treated in hospital after the attack. Five have been discharged.

    The incident is not being treated as terror-related, but there is expected to be a "surge" in police presence at major railway stations today.

    We'll have all the latest news on the injured, and the suspect, on this page. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is also speaking to the BBC later this morning.