He moved to Plymouth in 1991 and then to Exeter five years later.Alison Forster, the managing director of First Great Western, said: "Stan will be sadly missed by everyone in the company and especially his colleagues." She confirmed that the train's data recorder showed he acted "absolutely correctly" and did everything he could to avoid the tragedy."All our thoughts are with his family and colleagues who have worked with Stan during his long service with the company," she said.Mr Martin had just got back together with his wife, Debbie, after 12 months apart and they were planning a new start with their children, Louise and James.A former neighbour, Jean Zebrowski, said: "Stan was a really nice, friendly guy. Mr Martin, 54, who had two children, had worked in the railway industry for almost 40 years and was based at Exeter St David's station in Devon.The train drivers' union Aslef said that Mr Martin was "an extremely experienced and professional driver". She was described by James Mole, chairman of the council, as a "much-loved and highly valued colleague".The driver of the First Great Western train who died in the crash was Stanley Martin, from Torquay. Eleanor Brooks, the headteacher, said pupils and parents were "deeply shocked" and described her as an "exceptionally bright, kind and popular pupil".The headteacher said: "Louella had a zest for life and a caring personality and was a supportive friend to many people. Her personality mirrored that of her mother, Anjanette, who, as an active governor of the school, was well known by many in the school community.
Both had boundless enthusiasm, energy and love for the school and we will miss them enormously."Her mother worked as a PA to the chief executive of West Berkshire Council. We believe the mechanisms for detaining children and reviewing their detention at Oakington are dealt with sensitively and with priority.". A mother, her daughter aged nine and another girl aged 14 were named yesterday as victims of the rail crash. At the time of the inspection, 41 children under the age of 18 were held with their parents in the family unit of the centre. Of these, 15 had been at Oakington for between one and four weeks.The families are held in a block where they are locked in their rooms from midnight to 7am.
There is a small outside area but the centre is surrounded by fencing and the buildings are described as "institutional and dreary".The Immigration minister, Des Browne, said: "Detaining children is a sensitive matter. Agreed procedures for the detention of children appeared not to have been followed."There was no independent social service assessment of children staying longer than a few days, though files showed that some children were suffering distress."One boy had been detained immediately before he was due to begin sitting his GCSEs, while another had been held for 21 weeks, despite guidelines that state children should only be at the centre for a few days.The £4.5m centre was originally used as a fast-track institution for processing the claims of asylum-seekers and releasing them into the community within days or weeks. But it is now also holding people who, if their claims are rejected, are detained and deported.Ms Owers and her team said it had led to an increase in the numbers of people at risk of self-harm, as well as extending the length adults and children were kept in the centre. Mark has reached an age when he must confront the death of his grandparents' generation.
