Police are investigating an incident at Charing Cross station in central London in which a man in his 20s is seriously injured. Sources report that officers were called to the ticket hall at the station at around 5.40am on Saturday following reports that the man had been attacked by a group of men. The injured man is taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition.

Separate reporting states that two men have been charged in connection with the incident. The charges have been brought as the investigation continues, with police continuing to work to establish the circumstances of what happened at the station.

The reporting describes the location as the ticket hall at Charing Cross station and sets the time of the incident at the early morning, shortly before the main commuter period. Authorities have not, in the provided accounts, detailed the motive or identified those involved beyond the charges against two men.