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Car Attack on Glasgow Airport

Looks like yesterday’s failed attack on London wasn’t an isolated incident: there’s been a possible suicide car bomb attack on Glasgow Airport. Too early to make too many assumptions about the reasons behind it, but the witness interviews going on on

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Bomb Found in London's Picadilly Circus Area

It’s not much fun waking up to news of a bomb being found in your city. But it sure as hell beats waking up to hear that a bomb has gone off.

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Beth gets attention, too

I wasn’t the only one to get attention, it seems: bethlet.net: Blog: Second, everyone pick up a copy of the USA Today tomorrow. I was interviewed by Mark Memmott today about the bombings and how that was affecting the blogsphere. Last I

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London's Shut

It’s amazing how many of London’s businesses, including restaurants and bars, were shut by the time I headed for home. The evening economy was not in full swing. That said, those pubs that were open were doing a roaring trade.

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The big trek home

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Waiting for a bus

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Comic reaction

John Allison of Scary-go-round fame comments on the day in cartoon form.

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Police cars on High Holborn

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Useful Links

Inspector Sands has compiled some useful links for the difficult journey home here.

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Russell Square

[![](https://i1.wp.com/photos23.flickr.com/24250576_fb176b5891.jpg?w=960)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/adders/24250576/ "photo sharing") Russell Square, originally uploaded by Adam Tinworth. Adjacent to one of the bombs. Sealed off, of course.

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Press Photographers

I headed up towards Russell Square, site of the bus explosion, at lunch. It turns out that the journalistic herd instinct was at work, as I found these photographers trying to find a vantage point to get shots of the destruction.

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BBC Reporters Log

The BBC Reporters Log is well worth following.

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Yet More on the Bombs

Micropersuasion has more links, and one of my pictures. Matthew Sheffield is collecting news and links here. Jeff Jarvis is doing the same here. The London Metblog carries an personal experience here.

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More on the bombs

The office is a strange place to be right now. We’re only a few minutes away from one of the bomb locations and everyone’s pretty twitchy. Small crowds occasionally gather around the big flat screen TV in reception, listening to the latest

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Desperate for news

[![](https://i2.wp.com/photos21.flickr.com/24229839_5c04eb2416.jpg?w=960)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/adders/24229839/ "photo sharing") Desperate for news, originally uploaded by Adam Tinworth. London commuters, stranded as the public transport network goes down, cram into Dixons to watch

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