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‘The violence is off the scale’: staff and passengers at risk as assaults on trains in Great Britain soar to record high

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‘The violence is off the scale’: staff and passengers at risk as assaults on trains in Great Britain soar to record high
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Cases of abuse, spitting, head-butting and sexual harassment, have spiked as transport police numbers have dwindledWhen a train was halted outside Exeter St Davids station on Monday, rail staff leapt to one conclusion: there had been a violent incident on board.“Someone will have kicked off,” one staff member said. “It happens all the time. My boss got head-butted recently.” Continue reading...

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