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London bombings - TV news coverage

ALSO: Birmingham security alert - p40 onwards (July 2005)

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tactical voter
BBC Correspondant now reporting Westminster Station closed, which is away from the otherwise affected lines...
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Aphrodite007
BBC coverage is absolutely excellent.
MR
mromega
Amber Alert just mean higher vigilence required by all.

All government departments have been on Amber Alert since July 8th
MR
mromega
Five has broken away from Sky News and is now broadcasting five news
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stu20_ml2
BBC arent getting carried away thankfully......watching Sky you would honestly think that all hell was breaking loose.
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tactical voter
mromega posted:
Amber Alert just mean higher vigilence required by all.


I understood that TfL used "amber alert" to mean full evacuation of all trains (via next station), presumably "red alert" means all trains stop immediately.

EDIT: "Code Amber" does have this meaning, Andrew Winstanley [BBC]has just said TfL "...called Code Amber on those lines" which might explain the confusion
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tactical voter
tactical voter posted:
BBC Correspondant now reporting Westminster Station closed, which is away from the otherwise affected lines...


EDIT: 14.09 reported re-opened
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jamej
Julie's now presenting on Five News
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Aphrodite007
ITV1 has gone back to normal programming.
JA
jamej
ITV1 now has left news coverage but looks like Nick and Nina are continuing on the news channel...
JV
James Vertigan Founding member
Dog posted:
Sky News are being totally irrisponsible. THe reports they're now claiming as fact (nail bomb, gunshots etc) are pure speculation, and at the moment, appear to be untrue.

Listen to 5 Live for proper coverage, and not unconfirmed crap.


Actually, Reuters have been heard to report that there was a nail bomb as well - and did say something about gunshots too.

I'm just wondering - had today's cricket match been at The Oval instead of Lords, what would have happened then?
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jamej
AP reporting that men in chemical protection suits preparing to enter Warren Street station, according to Julie

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