Today marks ten years since the 7/7 terror attacks in London.
A national minute of silence was observed during a service at St Paul's Cathedral after the names of the 52 people killed were read out.
On Friday a similar period of quiet was held a week on from the Tunisian beach massacre, in which 30 Britons were murdered.
At the memorial service, prayers will be led by priests who helped minister people in the hours and days after the blasts.
Candles representing the site of each incident will be carried by people who helped deal with the immediate aftermath. They included George Psaradakis, who was driving the bombed bus at Tavistock Square, and Dr Peter Holden, who provided urgent treatment at the scene.
Guests at the service include the Duke of York, Prime Minister David Cameron, Mayor of London Boris Johnson and his wife Marina, former prime minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie, Home Secretary Theresa May and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe.
The names of the 52 victims will be read out. At the end of a minute's silence the four candles will be lit and petals will be released from the dome.
London Mayor Boris Johnson and British Prime Minister David Cameron lay wreathes at the July 7 memorial in Hyde Park
England players taking the time out of training at Glamorgan Cricket Club for tomorrow's Ashes
In a show of solidarity and defiance in the face of terror, Londoners
joined in the #WalkTogether movement on the anniversary of the 7/7
bombings today.
The movement began yesterday when father leaders from the Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities were joined by survivorGill Hicks to walk together from King’s Cross to Tavistock Square to launch the campaign yesterday
Gill Hicks (second from right) walks with leaders from different faith communities
- It was on July 7, 2005 when four bombs went off in the capital, claiming the lives of 52 innocent men and women, and injuring more than 700 commuters.
- Today, a series of events will take place across the UK to remember the worst ever terrorist attack on British soil.
- A minute’s silence will take place at 11.30am. Bus drivers in London will pull over if they are able too and London Underground passengers will be reminded of the silence during their journeys.
It has been 10 years since the worst ever terror attack on British soil that killed 52 innocent people and left more than 700 commuters injured
Ten years ago suicide bombers carried out the single worst terrorist atrocity on British soil when they attacked London's transport system.Four British men inspired by al-Qaida blew themselves up on three London subway trains and a bus during the morning rush hour on July 7, 2005, killing 52 commuters
Britain fell silent in memory of terrorism victims for the second time in less than a week as the tenth anniversary of the July 7 attacks was marked.A national minute of silence was observed during a service at St Paul's Cathedral after the names of the 52 people killed were read out.
At the memorial service, prayers will be led by priests who helped minister people in the hours and days after the blasts.
Candles representing the site of each incident will be carried by people who helped deal with the immediate aftermath. They included George Psaradakis, who was driving the bombed bus at Tavistock Square, and Dr Peter Holden, who provided urgent treatment at the scene.
Guests at the service include the Duke of York, Prime Minister David Cameron, Mayor of London Boris Johnson and his wife Marina, former prime minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie, Home Secretary Theresa May and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe.
The names of the 52 victims will be read out. At the end of a minute's silence the four candles will be lit and petals will be released from the dome.
London Mayor Boris Johnson and British Prime Minister David Cameron lay wreathes at the July 7 memorial in Hyde Park
England players taking the time out of training at Glamorgan Cricket Club for tomorrow's Ashes
George Psaradakis (centre), the driver of the number 30 bus which was blown up in Tavistock Square, looks at floral tributes left close to the scene of the bombings
The number 30 double-decker bus in Tavistock Square, which was destroyed by a bomb
The movement began yesterday when father leaders from the Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities were joined by survivorGill Hicks to walk together from King’s Cross to Tavistock Square to launch the campaign yesterday
Gill Hicks (second from right) walks with leaders from different faith communities
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