George Stephenson was jailed for life in October 1987 aged 36 after being convicted alongside two others of murdering four people, raping a woman and robbery a year earlier in what became known as ...

This has been done. We have before us the " Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer," by Samuel Smiles, published by Ticknor & Fields, Boston ; a modest, unpretending volume, just in fact what ...

A quadruple murderer jailed in 1987 for an infamous attack at a dinner party has died. George Stephenson, 73, was jailed for killing four people, the rape of a woman and a robbery at Burgate House ...

The Rocket was designed and built by George Stephenson with the help of his son, Robert, and Henry Booth, for the 1829 Rainhill Trials. The Trials were held by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway ...

A QUADRUPLE murderer who slaughtered a family at a dinner party has died in prison. George Stephenson was jailed for murdering four people, raping a woman, and a robbery at Burgate House in ...

It's 200 years since George Stephenson climbed into the cab of the aptly named Locomotion No. 1 and took 600 passengers on a 26-mile trip on the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Unsurprisingly ...

The 200th anniversary of the world's first public railway is set to be marked with a special event in Hexham this weekend.

Emergency services were called to an address on George Stephenson Way on Monday afternoon following reports of concern for a ...

A man who murdered four people at a New Forest mansion has died - 16 months after losing his bid to be released from prison ...

A Prison Service spokesperson said: "HMP Full Sutton prisoner George Stephenson died in hospital on 20 April 2025. "As with all deaths in custody, the Prison and Probation Ombudsman will investigate." ...