The driver died instantly when his Luton Airport Express service ploughed into the back end of a stationary passenger train at 5.15pm on Friday near Bedford.

A driver has died and passengers have been left with 'life-threatening injuries' after a train smashed into a stationary one between Luton and Bedford following a safety fault.

At least one person is dead and 89 are injured after two passenger trains collided in horrific scenes near Bedford, northwest of London.