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A trainspotter was ordered to stop taking pictures on a station platform because he might pose a `security risk.'

Edmund Tan, a retired chartered accountant, was approached by a Virgin Trains worker at Macclesfield. She demanded he put his cameras away.

The company says there is a ban on anyone taking pictures or filming at stations without permission because of `security concer More..ns' - which includes fears about possible terrorist attacks. Footage shot by Mr Tan shows the confrontation, which ends with him pleading: "But I'm a trainspotter!”

Mr Tan, of London Road, Prestbury, later said: “I was amazed. In the past I have always taken photos of trains on the platform. The member of staff came over and told me to turn the camera off because I had not asked permission. She was very rude.

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When the bombs went off in london the police asked people to come forward with home shot footage. kind of ironic. Is it not about time "we" as the public asked these companies to stop filming "us" as their security measure. Kind of pisses me off!!