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. Ken Livingstone: 'London didn't stop'published at 09:24 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Ken Livingstone who was mayor of London at the time, tells BBC London 94.9: "London didn't stop. We didn't change the way we live.

    "The world saw the way Londoners coped with that and were really impressed."

  2. King's Cross silencepublished at 09:19 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Emma Ailes
    BBC News

    It's a normal morning at King's Cross - commuters are rushing past. But there was a small gathering of Tube staff and relatives of some of the victims near the station's memorial to the bombing.

    A minute's silence was held and wreaths from Network Rail and London Underground were laid.

    Silence at King's Cross

    City worker and commuter Emly Skiber stopped by on her normal commute to Canary Wharf. The silence brought tears to her eyes.

    "I wasn't there that day, but it just brings it home that people died."

  3. Simple and respectfulpublished at 09:09 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Bill Turnbull, BBC News, Hyde Park

    The Duke of Cambridge will also attend a service here this afternoon. This wreath laying was simple and respectful.

    The last set of wreaths were laid by political representatives - Jennette Arnold, chair of the London Assembly; Jules Pipe, chair of the London Councils, interim Labour leader Harriet Harman; Commons speaker John Bercow, and Baroness D'Souza, Speaker of the House of Lords.

  4. Family laying flowers at Tavistock Squarepublished at 09:06 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Jason Rosam
    Journalist, BBC London

    Family of Shyanuja Niroshini Parathasangary is at Tavistock Square laying flowers for the 30 year old who died at 7 July 2005 bombings.

    Tavistock Square
  5. Sober atmosphere at Russell Squarepublished at 09:01 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Andy Moore
    BBC News

    There is a very sober atmosphere here at Russell Square station. It is almost exactly 10 years since Germaine Lindsay detonated a bomb on a Piccadilly line train which killed 26 people.

    A white tent has been erected at the station entrance to give relatives who come here every year on the anniversary to pay their respects by a memorial plaque a bit of privacy.

  6. Emergency services pay tributepublished at 08:57 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Bill Turnbull, BBC News, Hyde Park

    Wreaths are also being laid at the foot of the plaque at the memorial by representatives from the police, ambulance and fire services, and Transport for London.

  7. Wreath of flowers at Edgware Tube stationpublished at 08:54 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    A police officer placed a huge wreath of white and yellow flowers at Edgware station.

    Edgware
  8. Wreaths laidpublished at 08:52 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson lay wreaths at the 7 July Memorial in Hyde Park exactly 10 years after the bombings took place.

    Hyde Park 7 July memorialImage source, PA
  9. Flowers laid at stationpublished at 08:51 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    A group gathers in Aldgate station with flowers.

    Aldgate station
  10. Bombs exploded on Tube trainspublished at 08:48 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    On Thursday 7 July 2005, at 08:50, three explosions took place almost simultaneously on three separate London Underground trains.

    Tube after 7/7 attackImage source, PA

    The attacks killed 39 people and injured hundreds more.

  11. My city, my peoplepublished at 08:36 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Emma Ailes
    BBC News

    Lins Drabwell is taking part in the #walktogether, external initiative. She's going from her home in Bromley to office in London Bridge - 8.4 miles. She set off at 06:50 and hopes to arrive just after 09:00.

    Lins Drabewell

    "That day we were all just in shock, just watching the news together at work.

    "We could see Edgware Road station from our office window, and the emergency services going in. I remember feeling that the attack was personal. It was my city, and my people. I felt very protective.

    "That evening we all walked home. Walking together on the 10-year anniversary was an easy decision for me."

  12. David Cameron, UK Prime Ministerpublished at 08:28 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    David Cameron tweets, external: Ten years on from the 7/7 London attacks, the threat continues to be as real as it is deadly - but we will never be cowed by terrorism.

  13. 'There was silence, then screams'published at 08:19 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Jacqui Putnam was on the train when a bomb exploded at Edgware Road in the 7/7 attacks.

    Face of Jacqui Putnam

    Although an office first aider, she says she did not know what to do in the aftermath of the blast.

  14. 'Walk together'published at 08:11 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Commuters are being urged to "walk together" by finishing their morning bus or Underground commute one stop early and travelling the last few minutes by foot.

    The initiative aims to encourage them to remember the victims of 7 July 2005 and show unity.

    It recalls the hours after the attacks when thousands of people had to return home on foot because public transport had been shut down.

  15. Boris Johnson: 'They did not divide London'published at 08:01 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    BBC London 94.9

    London Mayor Boris Johnson tells BBC London 94.9: "I remember the events so vividly and the absolute shock and outrage we felt.

    "Those murderers have not succeeded in their aim," he added. "They did not divide London.

    Boris JohnsonImage source, PA

    "London today is more a beacon of generosity and welcoming than ever before."

  16. Parents reflect upon losing their sonspublished at 07:52 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    BBC Radio 5 live

    Parents have been reflecting upon losing their sons, 10 years on from the worst single terrorist attack on UK soil.

    Grahame Russell said that although it took five days to officially be told of his 28-year-old son Philip's death, "for some reason" he "just knew" on the day it happened.

    Sean Cassidy lost his 22-year-old son Ciaran and said, "I can't believe it's 10 years ago, it feels like yesterday. It's always in your mind."

  17. Ten years on, how safe is the UK?published at 07:40 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    Dominic Casciani
    Home affairs correspondent

    Almost exactly 10 years ago, Londoners saw the bleeding and the injured emerge from the Underground - survivors of the 7 July bomb attacks.

    There was no longer any doubt, al-Qaeda's brand of violent extremism was capable of hitting the UK.

    On the tenth anniversary of those attacks, are we safer or under a greater threat?

  18. The victimspublished at 07:30 British Summer Time 7 July 2015

    A total of 52 people lost their lives when four suicide bombers attacked central London 10 years ago.

    Victims of the 7 July attacksImage source, Various

    Here are their stories.