Sheerness horror train crash remembered 50 years on
Published: 06:00, 26 February 2021
It was the story which shocked Sheerness and put the Isle of Sheppey on the front page of every national newspaper.
A runaway train packed with 80 passengers ploughed through the buffers, demolished the ticket office and burst out of the railway station before coming to a halt on a taxi.
Sheerness train crash photo taken by John Gamble
Incredibly, only one person died in the rush-hour disaster but 11 were injured.
We sift through the cuttings and meet some of the survivors who remembered the night the train didn t stop at Sheerness 50 years ago this week.
Tougher restrictions and a ban on outdoor exercising could lead to mass bloodbath fears mental health help group Talk it Out
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Updated: 12:17, 13 January 2021
Tighter restrictions on social mixing could lead to a mass bloodbath among already vulnerable people, a mental health support group has warned.
Deal-based Talk it Out says those struggling with depression and anxiety are already âdrowning under the strains of Covid, and they fear a clamp down on outdoor meet-ups while exercising could lead to deaths.
Tracy Carr from Talk It Out fears people will take their lives if outdoor exercising with another person is banned
It comes as health secretary Matt Hancock said the government could ban meeting another person outside if too many people keep breaking the rule.