Tuesday, April 8, 2008

The day after

It's the day after, and London still has a slightly odd feel to it this morning. The tube is running again, except for the Circle and Hammersmith and City lines, which share the same piece of track at Liverpool Street on which seven people were killed yesterday.

Even for a Friday, things are quiet in the City. Police have advised people to consider the need for their journey into work today, and you'd hardly be surprised if many have elected to take a long weekend with friends and family.

In the news, we'll continue to keep an eye on the security situation in the capital - at the time of writing, there has been an alert at Euston station, although they are now letting people back in. There's another scare at our local station - Farringdon - right now, and we'll doubtless see plenty more of these through the day.

Meanwhile, a huge investigation continues into yesterday's attacks. The area around the No 30 bus that was blown up in Tavistock Sqaure has now been screened off with sheeting, and work continues deep under King's Cross at the scene of the blast that killed 21 people. At least 38 lost their lives yesterday, and the fear remains that number will rise.

Finally, we'll continue to report on proceedings at Gleneagles. The G8 summit was overshadowed by events 400 miles south yesterday, but Tony Blair has returned to Scotland and will be hoping to seal agreements on Africa and climate change today.

Today's events include a meeting with African leaders at 11.30am, with press conferences scheduled for around 3pm, and we'll have full coverage.

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