We have pieced together an update on yesterdays awful terrorist attack on London.
The four explosions that shook London yesterday morning have left at least 37 dead and 700 injured. Public transport in the capital was brought to a halt after three explosions on the London underground and another that ripped the roof of a double decker bus.
The series of co-ordinated attacks began at 8.51am in a tunnel just 100 yards away from Liverpool Street station, on a Circle line train travelling from Aldgate East.
Medics treated the wounded as they lay on the station concourse and the Hilton Metropole Hotel on the Edgware Road was used as a makeshift treatment centre. City of London Police say seven people died, plus more than 100 were injured, at least 10 seriously.
The second blast came at 8.56am on a train travelling between King's Cross and Russell Square. Makeshift mortuaries were set up at the Royal National Hotel and the Holiday Inn Hotel. Twenty-one people were later confirmed dead.
A nurse treating people at Russell Square, said the first people who emerged were 'walking wounded' but she later saw people with more serious injuries - burns, broken bones and some who had lost limbs.
The third explosion on the underground was on a Circle line train just leaving Edgware Road station at 9.17am, bound for Paddington. The blast blew through a wall and hit another train - possibly two - on an adjoining platform. Police confirmed that seven were killed in this explosion.
Then at 9.47am, a bomb tore the roof off a red number 30 double decker bus at Upper Woburn Place. The bus was packed with commuters prevented from using the underground network after the second explosion. Scotland Yard say two died in the bus blast, but eyewitnesses spoke of seeing more bodies and, seeing the bus, it is hard to imagine that only two died.
Of the 700 injured in all four explosions, 300 were taken to hospital by ambulance and 95 were seriously injured.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said that earlier reports of more blasts were a result of people emerging from different Tube stations. He said the attacks came without warning.
Mainline stations were closed and Tube and bus services were cancelled across the city for the rest of the day. The home office minister, Kenneth Clarke, advised people not to travel to London, and those within London to avoid travelling if possible.
Although the Police confirmed tonight that 37 had died, the number is expected to grow. The Press Association said one police source indicated that the number was 41, a French official said that between 45 and 50 people have died and 1000 have been injured. Italian interior minister Giuseppe Pisanu told parliamentarians in Rome that the attacks had killed about 50 people.
The telephone number for the Police Casualty Bureau is: 0870 1566 344
London Travel
Security alerts mean roads and stations are continually closing and reopening across the city, so you need to allow extra time for any journey.
Many underground lines are running, but with limited services. The Hammersmith and City and Circle lines remain shut.
Buses are running and all mainline rail stations are open, although King's Cross services are limited. Liverpool Street Station was closed this morning because of a security alert.
Roads and trains are quieter than normal. London's Congestion Charge has been suspended until Monday.
Flights have not been affected, but there severe traffic problems have been reported near Heathrow during rush hours, as drivers head to the M4. Sky News reported people abandoning taxis to walk to the airport last night.
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