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)