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July 2005 London bomb blasts: UPDATES AND NEWS ONLY - NO DISCUSSION

EastEnder said:
Hmmmmmm. There are thousands of people at Canary Wharf on an average week day. I'm guessing 99% of them have got camera phones. And not one single picture..... :confused:

And even if the media were sworn to silence, this is the age of the internet - not one single site with a picture related to this "incident"?

I'm far from convinced.
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i picked a mate up fromt here it was practically deserted ...
 
editor said:
Some bonkers racist-sounding bloke on Jon Gaunt was just banging on about how Paddick was once posting on an "anarchist website" and questioning his current police role.

To his credit, Gaunt corrected him and accurately explained Paddick's comments about anarchism. And gave the site - and me! - a nice namecheck!
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Good Grief - :) :eek:
 
I visited my workmates who were on the bus.

The one who broke her cheekbones was looking understandably busted up and was a bit doped as she'd had a lot of surgery. I was glad to see it was mostly just swelling around her face - she's a beautiful girl and I was worried there would be permanent damage to it, but she'll look fine once it all heals. She's getting away without needing metal plates anywhere, which is good news.

The other girl was much more awake and lively - they've removed lots of glass and shrapnel from her legs, but they're tightly wrapped up. They're basically having to leave the wounds open but clean in order to perform grafts and have them look as unscarred as possible. She said she wasn't too uncomfortable but I suspect it will be some time before she can bend and move her legs normally. But she's a really positive person and is very close to her family (as is the other girl - her husband, sister and mum were there) so she has a lot of resources to help her through this.

The worse thing is that she told me why they were on that bus - they were told to get off the tube and then, not being sure where to go, decided to take the 30 as it said 'Kings Cross' and they thought they'd get something useful from there.

They were at Euston.

If only one of them had known that it was just a 500m walk away they needn't have got on a bus at all. :( But I guess a lot of people who don't go overground much don't know things like that.
 
noodles said:
I can't quite get my head around this. Why would they report it and then retract it? Why would the prevention of a further attack create any more panic than was existent in the immediate aftermath of 3 bombs on tubes and a blown up bus?

I have to say this strikes me as a wind-up perpetrated by some jocks in the City. A few texts here, a few emails there, and hey presto an urban myth is born.
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This is definitely a myth. It was only reported during the first, confused hours after the explosions, along with stories about many more bombs exploding than actually did, power surges, thousands of casualties, and other rubbish.

All of the conspiracy theorists who are seizing on the "disappearance" of this story are wrong. It didn't happen, that's why the story is no longer being reported.

Unless someone comes up with first-hand (not "friend of a friend" stuff) confirmation that they SAW this, I shan't believe a word of it.

Giles..
 
Major Tom said:
After nearly 20 years of working on the undergound - this includes working at night down tunnels on most lines - i've never so much as seen a rat dropping - never mind a rat. On the other hand - the place is absolutely infested with mice.
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Of course you get rats on the Underground; they may not be as highly visible (or as numerous) as the mice but I've seen plenty during my time as a driver.
 
marty21 said:
does anyone know anything about a controlled explosion in hackney?, someone at work mentioned it, said that a controlled explosion was carried out on a bus in hackney on thursday...
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They'll be happening everywhere, mate. It is standard practice if police are not happy with an object (although "controlled explosion" is not exactly accurate - they are normally blasted with a robot mounted shotgun using a single lead slug cartridge). Far too many to make even the local papers usually. You'll hear if it's a real one!
 
when i did my london underground track training we were told never to touch the walls of the tunnels if at all possible, because the rats run along the cables which are mounted on the walls, and pee as they go, and rat pee carries some dangerous disease or other - weils??
 
kea said:
when i did my london underground track training we were told never to touch the walls of the tunnels if at all possible, because the rats run along the cables which are mounted on the walls, and pee as they go, and rat pee carries some dangerous disease or other - weils??
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Weils disease

Some places I used to go dinghy sailing when I was younger had big warnings about swallowing the water, because of the risk.

Of course you get rats on the Underground; they may not be as highly visible (or as numerous) as the mice but I've seen plenty during my time as a driver
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I've a mate whose dad's an engineer on the tube. He certainly talks about the rats down there. I did read somewhere too that the tube has its own microclimate, and the rats and cockroaches down there are effectively a separate sub-species, specially adapted to the conditions. Yuk! :( Have to say, I don't envy the job of anyone who works down there.

@ Chris, sorry to hear that. :( :(
 
Oxpecker said:
Of course you get rats on the Underground; they may not be as highly visible (or as numerous) as the mice but I've seen plenty during my time as a driver.
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I didn't say there were none - just not many.

Rat stories I've heard from track workers and drivers always seem exagerated, and to tell the truth, I tend to disregard them.

Clearly there are plenty of rats in sub-surface and open sections, but I don't believe that many live in the tube sections.
 
BBC News24: There's now a car in Luton that's being searched in connection with the attack. The car park is closed off apparently. It's all happening it seems ... still no arrests though.
 
BBC ticker now saying bus bomber died at the scene. Seems almost certain he's been traced to one of the houses in Leeds. Serious lead.
 
Stobart Stopper said:
Sky News: 4 bombers died in London attacks.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13385127,00.html
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Hmm. BBC, the Guardian and the Mirror have nothing on that story. Evidently the bus bomber died, but there's nowt on the others so far.

Tbh I hope they weren't all blown to pieces, because I'd like the satisfaction of seeing them jailed for the rest of their lives.

Things seem to be moving pretty fast today though, don't they?
 
It is on Sky tv news. From what I gather there's a car under investigation as well, in Luton as well as this house in Leeds. I am making my own mind up but I won't say what I think on here.
 
Stobart Stopper said:
It is on Sky tv news. From what I gather there's a car under investigation as well, in Luton as well as this house in Leeds. I am making my own mind up but I won't say what I think on here.
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Tbh Sky is about the last place I'd go for reliable news...

If it's true I dare say it'll show up elsewhere later.
 
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