As can hysteria
I hope I'm right in sayign that Swindon is unlikely to be a terrorist target.

London is probably being hit because a massive amount of our resources are distracted in Edinburgh.

Manchester or Birmingham I can see getting hit but not fucking Swindon and Brighton.
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 11:17, archived)

let's face it
London is big news and very crowded. Tourists come to London not to Swindon. But a bomb that didn't explode as planned can travel anywhere if this is the same as the Madrid bombing.
( Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 11:20, archived)

The Pallisades at New Street were closed this morning when
I got to work so I had to take a different route. I was late so I never stopped to ask why the police were guarding the shutters to the escalators. I'm not sure if that was before or after the first explosion but there was no news at 9am this morning.
( Nimble Colin camera-wrangling, globe-trotting whisky enthusiast, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 11:22, archived)

first bomb was at 8:50

is the latest news
( Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 11:23, archived)