Several papers lead with news that police are probing whether a man accused of stabbing 10 people on a train that passed through Peterborough on Saturday had been involved in separate incidents in the 24 hours before the attack. According to the Daily Express, “three opportunities may have been missed to stop an alleged knifeman”, adding that 999 calls were made about three separate incidents in the lead up to the train stabbings. The paper quotes a statement from Cambridgeshire Police which says it is “currently reviewing all incidents in the timeframe to understand whether there were any further potential offences”.
The Metro says that an “investigation” has begun into whether police “missed a series of chances” to stop Anthony Williams, 32, who was accused of 10 attempted murders on the Doncaster to London train on Saturday night, “another at a DLR station in the capital hours earlier, weapons offences and assaulting a police officer while in custody”.
Williams’ alleged links to separate stabbing incidents also leads the Times. It writes Cambridgeshire Police referred itself to the police watchdog, the IOPC, but it did not meet the criteria for a referral because “none of the injured had made police contact before they were attacked”.
The police’s investigation into the alleged train attackers links to “a string of earlier knife-related incidents” leads the Independent.
“Three heroes have been praised for trying to stop Saturday’s train horror,” the Daily Mirror reports. The paper writes the train driver was “hailed” for making an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon station, while a train staff member and passenger were “hurt as they confronted the knifeman”.
The Daily Star leads with a profile on the “hero football fan Stephen Crean”, reporting he “grabbed a knife from the train attacker”. The paper says Mr Crean was asked by the attacker “do you want to die?”
Meanwhile, various other papers lead with mooted tax rises in the November Budget. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer “signals ‘tough but fair’ Budget”, the Financial Times reports. Sir Keir “promised to tackle the national debt but ruled out deep cuts to public spending”, the paper writes. It adds that many Labour MPs are “resigned” to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves breaking the party’s manifesto pledge “not to raise rates of income tax, national insurance or value added tax (VAT)”.
“Reeves paves way for tax-raising budget,” the Guardian writes, giving a preview of the chancellor’s speech later today “in which she will be ‘candid’ about the tough choices ahead”.
The Daily Mail also leads with a preview of the chancellor’s speech on Tuesday in Downing Street, reporting she will “address ‘speculation’ about the contents of her November 26 Budget – when is she is expected to raise taxes by up to £30billion”.
“Chancellor to give strongest hint yet that she will raise income tax in a key pre-Budget speech,” leads the i Paper.
The Daily Telegraph reports that the BBC “doctored” a Donald Trump speech by “making him appear to encourage the Capitol Hill riot”, according to an “internal whistleblowing memo” seen by the paper. It writes that a Panorama programme broadcast a week before the 2024 US presidential election “misled” viewers. The paper says a 19-page dossier on “BBC Bias” was compiled by a recent member of the BBC’s standards committee and “is now circulating in government departments”. The quotes a BBC spokesman who says: “While we don’t comment on leaked documents, when the BBC receives feedback it takes it seriously and considers it carefully.”
