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London bombings - TV news coverage

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MR
mromega
Wire services are now reporting some fatalities.

Fox News are carring Sky News
IS
Isonstine Founding member
gillw posted:
Not sure why the Sky Copter is hovering above the tube station when there is not a lot to see. We could do with it flying around to find one of these buses.


Julie Etchingham has said they've been denied access to fly over Russell Square.
PB
PremiumBrand
I largely suspect this is a terrorist attack and I largely suspect that this has been expected for some time. I'm a frequent rail commuter and over the past few months there has been stepped up security in regards to left bags and police patrolling trains.

On several services conductors announced that bags shouldn't be left unnattended. This never usually happens. In one case a bag was left in the doorway of the train and I was asked if I knew who's it was - I didn't. He then asked me to move away from the door until he could investigate.

A number of other services have had police patrolling the trains. This never happens either and two of these were direct services to London.
KA
Kaplinsky
According to Reuters, reports of deaths.
LO
Londoner
Isonstine posted:
Julie Etchingham has said they've been denied access to fly over Russell Square.

ITN have Chris Choi and a producer on the phone from Russell Square describing the scene, so it's not a complete media exclusion zone.

edit - Sky now has a still of one of the buses
MR
mromega
Home Secretary live now on News 24. Sky haven't gone to him yet.
WI
william Founding member
Londoner posted:
Isonstine posted:
Julie Etchingham has said they've been denied access to fly over Russell Square.

ITN have Chris Choi and a producer on the phone from Russell Square describing the scene, so it's not a complete media exclusion zone.


BBC managed to get some (albeit not very close-up) video of the bus 15 minutes or so ago.
LO
Londoner
ITN now have someone who was caught up in the King's Cross incident in the studio with them.
JO
Johnnie
Second blast heard at tavistock SQ about 2 mins ago
JV
James Vertigan Founding member
On the radio front, Capital FM and Gold have joined forces - programmes pretty much suspended.

BBC Buildings not evacuated as yet, seem to have problems accessing the 159 service - but the phone line is working: Mod Edit: Private number for BBC staff, not the public
AN
Ant
Government announcement live now.
MR
mromega
90 casualties at Algate Underground

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