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Driver set to stand trial over alleged role in fatal Croydon tram crash

A tram driver is set to stand trial at crown court over his alleged role in the Croydon crash that claimed the lives of seven passengers in 2016. Alfred Dorris, 48, of Ravenscroft Road, Beckhenham, south-east London, denied a charge of failing to ...

08 Jul 2022 at 12:30

Transport for London and FirstGroup to admit safety failings over tram crash

Transport for London (TfL) and FirstGroup-owned Tram Operations Limited (TOL) have indicated they will plead guilty to health and safety failings over the 2016 Croydon tram crash. Seven passengers died and 51 were injured when a tram derailed in ...

10 Jun 2022 at 12:39

Families gather at the Old Bailey for Croydon tram crash trial

Victims’ families have gathered at the Old Bailey for the trial of a tram driver accused over the Croydon crash that claimed the lives of seven passengers more than six years ago. On Tuesday, Alfred Dorris, 49, attended the central London court ...

16 May 2023 at 13:04

Speeding Croydon tram disaster driver may have had ‘micro-sleep’, court told

The Croydon tram disaster driver may have had a “micro-sleep” when he drove at more than three times the speed limit and derailed, killing seven passengers, a court has heard. Alfred Dorris, 49, is on trial at the Old Bailey over the crash at ...

17 May 2023 at 14:23

Tram disaster driver tells jurors: ‘In some ways I held myself responsible’

The driver in the Croydon tram disaster broke down in court as he told jurors: “In some ways I held myself responsible.” Alfred Dorris, 49, was allegedly going three times the speed he was supposed to be doing before his tram derailed on a ...

08 Jun 2023 at 15:03

Two university students killed in Nottingham knife and van attack

Police keeping an ‘open mind’ over motive for deadly knife and van attack

Police are keeping an open mind over the motive for a knife and van attack in Nottingham which killed three people, including two students. A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a deadly rampage in the city on ...

13 Jun 2023 at 17:17

Knife and van attack leaves three dead and three injured in Nottingham

Three people have died and another three are in hospital after a knife and van attack in Nottingham. Witnesses gave disturbing accounts of victims screaming as they were stabbed and others being mown down by a van in the early morning ...

13 Jun 2023 at 14:38

Transport operators facing large fines over Croydon tram disaster

Transport operators are facing large fines over the Croydon tram disaster in which seven passengers died and 21 more were seriously hurt. Tram 2551 was going three times the speed limit when it derailed on a sharp corner on the ...

21 Jun 2023 at 13:23

Man fatally stabbed on tram yet to be identified, say police

A man who was stabbed to death on a tram in Nottingham has yet to be identified, police have said. The 32-year-old was murdered on a tram approaching the Highbury Vale tram stop in Basford, in the north of the city, at around ...

27 Jun 2023 at 11:39

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Family of man killed by Edinburgh tram demand answers three years on

The family of a man who was killed by a tram in Edinburgh have said they are “at their wits’ end” after waiting more than three years for answers. Carlos Palacio, 53, was struck as he crossed tram tracks in the city’s ...

07 Jan 2022 at 12:55

Tram killing suspect recalled to prison

A 24-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder after a stabbing on a tram has been recalled to prison. The suspect was arrested by Nottinghamshire Police last week after Kyle Knowles, 32, was stabbed on a tram ...

04 Jul 2023 at 18:20

Croydon tram disaster driver asked passengers ‘how did that happen’, court told

A driver whose Croydon tram overturned, killing seven people and injuring many more, asked a survivor “how the f*** did that happen?”, a court has heard. Alfred Dorris, 49, was allegedly speeding when the tram ...

22 May 2023 at 13:40

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