Summary

  • Updates on the 10th anniversary of the 7 July attacks

  • Prince William attends service at Hyde Park Memorial

  • National one minute's silence held to remember the bombings

  • Duke of York attends service at St Paul's Cathedral

  • London mayor and prime minister lay wreaths at 7/7 memorial

  1. A nation rememberspublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    It's been a day of remembrance and reflection for all those affected by the events of 7 July 2005.

    Scenes from events on 7 July 2015Image source, AP, AFP, Getty Images

    The morning began with a wreath-laying at the memorial in Hyde Park and gatherings at the four sites targeted. The national service of commemoration at St Paul's Cathedral brought together the relatives of those who died as well as the survivors and officials who played a part on the day 10 years ago, and a minute's silence was observed.

    And the afternoon saw the attention switch back to Hyde Park for an emotional service attended by the Duke of Cambridge.

    We are bringing our live coverage to an end now, but you'll be able to keep up to date with any further developments and reaction in our news story.

  2. 'I too am a survivor'published at 18:57 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Leah emails: I was on Piccadilly line train. I remember seeing things I wished I hadn't and not understanding why there would be bodies by the train if there had been a crash or a derailment. I remember a man running through the empty train screaming. I remember emerging onto the platform, not knowing where to go. I remember the police, the sirens, the other people covered in soot. I remember walking through Tavistock square, more sirens and stares. I remember being checked at the hospital, being photographed by police. I remember realising how close I was to the bomb. It took a long time for things to sink in. I had a counselling session quite soon, work insisted. But I thought I was fine. It took over two years before I was diagnosed with PTSD. I couldn't travel on the tube, I had flashbacks, I was prone to floods of tears on the way to work. I had thought I was fine, but proper therapy and CBT did wonders. I too am a survivor.

  3. Postpublished at 18:55 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    The BBC's Emma Ailes has been out following the events on the 10th anniversary of the 7 July 2005 attacks. Here's her account of the day: Focus on togetherness as Londoners reflect on 7/7

    People pause for a minute's silence at King's Cross Underground station in LondonImage source, PA
  4. Images 'haunting'published at 18:52 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    5 Live

    BBC Radio 5 live Daily talked to a psychologist who suggests "people are haunted" by images from the London bombings.

    Dr Rachel Handley, who provided therapy to those suffering with post-traumatic stress following the attacks, said there were a variety of triggers for disturbing memories.

    "When they close their eyes there may be images, nightmares, dreams even flashbacks during their moment by moment daily lives," she said.

    "It's very likely that many, many people walked away that day not really comprehending what had happened to them."

  5. Get in touchpublished at 18:49 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Sitara Amin Tilly emails: Ten years ago I was going to Holborn for a Summer School at the London School of Economics. I was 16. I remember the train I was on. It was packed full of people, and I was writing my homework on the train. I remember a bang, the smoke, wondering if I could breathe and the panic in people's faces. I remember screaming for help coming up from the tunnel. I remember 45 minutes feeling like the rest of my life. I cried. I was so scared. I walked tentatively down the tunnel. Covered in soot and dirt, crying my eyes out, I ran home. I walked miles. I still hate the tube, I hate small spaces and I can't stand BBQs.... It still feels like yesterday.

  6. Remembering each victimpublished at 18:45 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Earlier on the @BBCNews, external Twitter account we named each of the 52 victims one-by-one.

    BBC twitter of victims

    You can revisit the Twitter entries, external to find out more about each of the the victims' lives and their interests and follow a link to their obituaries.

  7. 'They will always stay with me'published at 18:42 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Paramedic Craig Cassidy was one of the first on the scene at Aldgate Station that day.

    He said: "My memories are still very exact and precise, I can put myself back into that situation very easily.

    Craig CassidyImage source, Getty Images

    "I was flagged down in my car outside the station to what I believed was a train crash and it was only when we were being escorted down we were told it was believed to be explosives, and that changes your mindset.

    "It was just horrific. Once we got inside we were just surrounded by scenes of devastation. There are several people I remember distinctly, who unfortunately we were unable to to help. A younger female and a younger male who will always stay with me."

  8. '50% of the people I helped, died that day'published at 18:34 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    PC Ashley Walker was near the bus blast on Tavistock Square when he was starting a shift as a trainee officer.

    PC Ashley WalkerImage source, Getty Images

    He said: "All I could see was the roof of the bus in mid-air. The debris around the back of the bus, The initial shock and horror of people's faces as they looked towards me. I can initially see injured people and then as I run closer to the bus I'm seeing the debris of people. My initial thought was just get in the bus and help people.

    "I get flashbacks every year when the memorial comes up. I think about every victim and every person I helped and I'll be honest probably 50% of the people I helped, died that day."

  9. Remembering the victimspublished at 18:27 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Anna O'Neill
    Reporter, BBC London

    Commuters are continuing to pause for a moment to read tributes to the victims of 7/7 at Russell Square 10 years on.

    7/7
  10. Get in touchpublished at 18:23 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Sally Hitchiner tweets, external: Slowly, simply reading their names shows the breadth of the diversity and the unity of London, which no one can take away. #SevenSeven

  11. 'How could it not get to you?'published at 18:19 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Mike Brown, the managing director of London Underground, said: "It was a pretty horrendous day. We did see the worst of humanity that day but we also saw the best and beyond that day we saw the best of London coming together as the greatest, most diverse city in the world, people not being defeated by the evil of that day. We ran the Tube the next day with 85% of trains running.

    Mike BrownImage source, PA

    "The scale of the day first occurred to me on my way home and I rang my wife up when I was in a cab on my way home at about 00:30, I had no concept of the time. I just wanted to speak to my wife and my small baby son.

    "It was a real sobering point for me. You try to be professional, I have to say I did have a few moments where it does get to you, how could it not get to you?"

  12. Tweet uspublished at 18:14 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Inger H tweets, external: My dear #London, let's #walktogether on this day, 10 years after 7/7. It's a privilege to call this wonderful city my home.

  13. 7/7 'defined me'published at 18:10 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Asad Ahmad
    Presenter, BBC London

    Sajda Mughal was on one of the Tube trains which was targeted and said she "was literally preparing for death....being a Muslim I was saying my prayers".

    Sajda Mughal

    She told me when she learned the attacks were carried out by four Muslims "that piece of information completely shocked me….Islam completely condemns this kind of behaviour".

    Ms Mughal said looking back on the last 10 years it was the attacks which helped define her.

    "It was because of 7/7 I'm now doing what I'm doing today - working with grassroots communities, working with mothers who want support, working with those who are at risk of radicalisation and have been radicalised."

  14. 'An atmosphere of pain'published at 18:00 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    BBC London 94.9

    Drivetime is broadcasting live from Hyde Park near the memorial to the 52 people killed in the 7 July attacks. It has been the setting for two remembrance services today.

    Presenter Chris Rogers said: "There's a strange atmosphere here. It's an atmosphere of people coming together and propping ourselves up and pulling ourselves through this difficult day, but it's also an atmosphere of a lot of pain."

    7/7 memorialImage source, AP

    Reporter, Richard Main said: "It's reflective. It's very quiet. It's one of the clever things about the design of this memorial that they have built a bank alongside the memorial because we're only about 50m from Park Lane and it's very busy, but you can't hear it here and it's very quiet and very peaceful."

  15. Reflecting on 7/7published at 17:54 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    BBC One

    On the Six O'Clock News on BBC One Fiona Bruce will be live from Hyde Park near the memorial erected in memory of the London bombing victims following a ceremony of remembrance which took place earlier this afternoon.

    Directly afterwards at 18:30, BBC London News speaks to Muslim survivor of the attacks, Sajda Mughal, who says the atrocities helped define her and Home Affairs correspondent Nick Beake looks at how Scotland Yard has foiled 50 terror attacks in the 10 years since 7 July 2005.

  16. 'The UK has united in all this'published at 17:49 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Gill Hicks, who lost both her legs in the attacks 10 years ago, said: This is with me everyday, everyday is a different challenge. My life is quite unpredictable. But the one thing that is a constant is I don't have any legs as a result of that incident so that never goes away.

    "We must also highlight that there hasn't been a 'successful' incident like 7 July in 10 years and that's a real credit to our intelligence and police forces and all those people doing the grassroots work. The people of the UK have come together and united in all this."

  17. Minutes 'can determine your destiny'published at 17:42 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Gill Hicks, a former jazz singer, was the last survivor to be rescued from the Piccadilly line Tube train after a bomb went off at Russell Square. Twenty-six people died.

    She said today: "It's been a very difficult day. I think something you can't really prepare for, that's what really has taken me by surprise. How emotional it is even though we're now marking 10 years which is a decent space of time to readjust to life.

    Gill HicksImage source, AFP

    "I remember it very vividly. When we look at Tube travel, everything is by the minute and it's really made me think about how disposable our life is - actually five minutes in the Underground can determine your destiny of life or death.

    "I now have this incredible hindsight. If I was just 40 seconds later I might have stood in a different position and that might have cost me my life, but I managed to survive. I've lost parts of both ear drums, throat, lungs, lung capacity. But I'm alive. That's all that matters."

  18. 'I feel close to him'published at 17:33 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Emma Ailes
    BBC News

    The mother of Philip Russell, who was killed at Tavistock Square, told me today: "I feel close to him everyday but today more than most."

    Philip Russel
  19. 'Day of sadness'published at 17:23 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster has described the anniversary as a "day of sadness for many as we remember the victims".

    Cardinal Vincent Nichols

    The head of the Roman Catholic church in England and Wales, was among the congregation at the St Paul's memorial service earlier in the day.

    "We salute the bravery of the emergency services and remember the dignity of the victims' families," he said in a statement.

    "We honour the memory of those who died and pray for the repose of their souls. In our remembrance we commit ourselves again to be resolute in the face of violence."