79 m. ago First responders 'still haunted' by 7/7 bombings recall horrifying day 20 years on

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Supt Anna Bearman was a 23-year-old police constable on the Met Police response team when the suicide bombing attacks took place on three London Underground trains and a bus

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3 h. ago 'It's as if the bombing happened 30 seconds ago': Heartbreaking words of 7/7 bombings survivor

Four terrorists, each carrying a rucksack packed with explosives, unleashed hell on the capital, blowing up three Tube trains and a double-decker bus.

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5 h. ago King Charles says horrors of 7 July bombings ‘will never be forgotten’

Monarch says Britons should reflect on the ‘courage’ shown in wake of the attacks

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5 h. ago Met officer recalls terrifying moment she realised true horror of 7/7 attacks

Superintendent Anna Bearman, then 23, was a Met Police responder on 7 July

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5 h. ago How 7/7 bombings became ‘watershed moment’ for Met Police’s counter

The team drove to London to help in the aftermath of the attack and remained for the next two decades

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6 h. ago ‘I wasn’t sure if I was dead or alive’: Survivor recalls horror of 7/7 bombing on packed London Tube

Survivors share chilling testimony ten years after three tubes and one bus were targeted by suicide bombers in London twenty years ago

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6 h. ago The 7/7 bombings: How London’s darkest day unfolded, minute by minute

As that nation remembers the tragic events of 7/7 20 years ago, here’s an account of how London’s day of terror unfolded

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7 h. ago 7/7 London bombings: 20 years since my sister died, I can't forgive

7/7 London bombings: 20 years since my sister died, I can't forgive  BBC

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11 h. ago 7/7 detective remembers scene that was 'worse than finding bodies in the tube tunnel'

Met Detective Constable Mark Denman carried out forensic recovery and examination work, including recovering bodies of victims, at the site of the bomb blast at Edgware Road station, where six of the 52 victims of the London bombings lost their lives

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13 h. ago 7/7 bombing 20 years on: What happened on morning that brought Middle East war to London

More than 52 people died and a further 770 people were injured when four British-born suicide bombers set off explosives across the London transport system during the morning peak hour, in Britain's deadliest terror attack

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15 h. ago ‘I lost my daughter in the London 7/7 bombings, this is her story’

‘I lost my daughter in the London 7/7 bombings, this is her story’  Metro.co.uk

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22 h. ago 'I realised I was an amputee when I saw my leg hanging above me after train exploded'

EXCLUSIVE: Martine Wright is the most injured female survivor of the 7/7 London bombings, which claimed the lives of 52 victims, and spoke to us about that life-changing moment 20 years ago

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23 h. ago ‘We are in a dangerous place’: British Muslims on the fallout from 7/7 attack 20 years on

Many feel counter-terrorism policies and brazen Islamophobia have increased hostility and isolation experience by communityFor many in the British Muslim community, the tragedy of 7 July 2005 lives long in the memory. The bombings sent shockwaves through the nation but also marked a turning point that left many grappling with grief, fear and a new scrutiny of their identity.Twenty years on, feelings of suspicion, isolation and hostility experienced in the aftermath of the attacks have, for some, only worsened after decades of UK counter-terrorism policies, and a political landscape they say has allowed Islamophobia to flourish. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago From swim schools to eye clinics: how families of 7/7 victims used heartbreak to help others

Relatives tell of their determination to see good come from the killing of their loved ones in 2005 London bombingsIn the city of Bhubaneswar, the capital of the north-east Indian state of Odisha, there is an eye clinic that has transformed the lives of thousands of children.Before the unit was established in 2008, according to its vice-chair, there was no dedicated children’s eye care centre in the entire eastern part of India, a country home to 20% of the world’s blind children. The clinic now sees about 3,000 children a month and performs 350 eye surgeries – a significant proportion of them at no cost to the often very poor families who need them. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago London bombings: I survived 7/7, but still see the suicide bomber everywhere

London bombings: I survived 7/7, but still see the suicide bomber everywhere  BBC

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45 h. ago London 7/7 bombings: 'I will tell the story for those who cannot'

London 7/7 bombings: 'I will tell the story for those who cannot'  BBC

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58 h. ago Mum and daughter die in horror car crash as dad and sister remain in hospital

Six-year-old Ella and her mum Natalie, a well-known nurse, were killed in the collision with a van on Wednesday.

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59 h. ago I survived the 7/7 London bombings, but as a British Muslim I still grew up being called a terrorist

I survived the 7/7 London bombings, but as a British Muslim I still grew up being called a terrorist  The Conversation

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61 h. ago London bombings: Why was there no public inquiry 20 years on?

As the 20th anniversary of the London bombings approaches, questions remain over the absence of a formal public inquiry

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64 h. ago 7 July London bombings: Passenger safety recommendation dropped

7 July London bombings: Passenger safety recommendation dropped  BBC

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