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New York City train crash: four killed
Four people are killed and at least 63 are injured after a passenger train derails in the Bronx area of New York City.
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Second criminal probe into police restraint death
The IPCC is leading a criminal investigation into the actions of eight Surrey police officers and two police staff involved in the detention and restraint of Terry Smith, who later died in hospital.
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Forces warned over restraining belts on detainees’ heads
The police watchdog issues a warning to officers to stop using restraining belts on detainees’ heads following a man’s death. His family wants to see CCTV footage from the police station.
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Irvine Welsh: Filth has Trainspotting vibe
Irvine Welsh, the author behind new film Filth, tells Channel 4 News that “a few people are going to be freaked out” when they see it. Filth sees James McAvoy playing the role of a drug-fuelled cop.
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Spotlight on police training as Taser use doubles
As new figures reveal police use of Tasers more than doubled between 2009 and 2011, Simon Israel describes how Met officers are trained, and talks to a mother whose son died after being Tasered.
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Soldier, 26, dies in training on Yorkshire moors
Private Michael Ihemere, 26, collapsed and died during a training exercise on a remote North Yorkshire moor – weeks after the death of three soldiers on exercises in Wales’s Brecon Beacons.
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Lightning strikes Tokyo commuter train
This was the moment that lightning struck a Tokyo commuter train on Monday. Apparently, no one was hurt in the incident, but the train was taken out of service.
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Rail protests over 4.1 per cent train fare hike
With train fares set to rise by an average 4.1 per cent in January, campaigners say the rise will be the sixth time in seven years that rail fares have outstripped wages.
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Great Train Robbery 50 years on: watch the video
Half a century after Britain’s infamous Great Train Robbery, labelled the “crime of the century”, Channel 4 News Picture Researcher Ian Searcey delves into the ITN archives to find the news report.
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Spanish train crash driver ‘on the phone’
The driver of the train that derailed in Spain killing 79 people was on the phone at the time of the crash. The train was also going at almost twice the speed limit, say investigators.
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Forty-four injured as two Swiss passenger trains collide
Two trains collide in Switzerland injuring 44 people, four of them seriously, in the west of the country, according to local news reports.
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Spain train crash driver accused of ‘reckless homicide’
A train driver suspected of causing Spain’s worst train disaster for decades is formally accused of reckless homicide, the country’s interior minister confirms.
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Train driver detained as Spain mourns after tragic crash
Train driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo is officially held in the hospital where he is recovering after 78 people were killed in a rail crash in north west Spain.
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‘Scene from hell’: train crash in Spain kills at least 80
CCTV footage emerges of the Spanish train derailment near Santiago de Compostela, in which at least 80 people died. Meanwhile, a local government spokesman warns the death toll could rise.
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Need for speed: how safe are high-speed trains?
In the wake of Wednesday’s horrific train crash in Spain, Channel 4 News looks at high-speed rail travel and asks if human error or modern tecnhology is to blame?