[BNM] [OT] Explosion on the tube

[Martyn Fagg]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4659093.stm
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[Stephen Field]

Also we've had a bus bomb on Tavistock Place. I heard a big bang about an
hour ago and the office shook - bomb is about a mile away so must have been
fairly big. I can see loads of helicopters out the window and hear sirens
everywhere.

[Anthony Hall]

At 10:33 07/07/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4659093.stm

Site is fairing almost as well as it did after yesterday's Olympic
announcement... tsk.

A

[Paul Silver]

According to BBC1 Brighton Station has been shut as well due to some
incident. Not sure if that's an actual incident or a potential one at
the moment.


On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 10:44:16 +0100, "Stephen Field" <o...@stefield.com>
said:

[Rebekah]

In case you don't know, there have been about 5 or 6 bombs at various tube
stations and one on a bus at Russell Square. No public transport is running
in central London and no tubes at all.

rebeKah

[Tim Reed]

It seems all the mobile networks are getting swamped as well. can't get
through to anyone in london

Tim R

[Nick Sayers]

Paul Silver:

> According to BBC1 Brighton Station has been shut as well due to some
> incident. Not sure if that's an actual incident or a potential one at
> the moment.

Any more news about Brighton station closure? My girlfriend needs to get
from Hove to Bexhill for work today!

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[Martyn Fagg]

> > According to BBC1 Brighton Station has been shut as well due to some
> > incident. Not sure if that's an actual incident or a potential one at
> > the moment.
>
> Any more news about Brighton station closure? My girlfriend needs to get
> from Hove to Bexhill for work today!

There are no trains running to/from brighton station. It has been shut
down and the surrounding offices have been evacuated.

Tune in to BBC Southern counties radio, somewhere around 95-96fm. News
on it right now.

[Paul Howard]

Tim Reed wrote:
> It seems all the mobile networks are getting swamped as well. can't get
> through to anyone in london
>
> Tim R
>

All the mobile networks have tirned off GPRS as well - I did hear it was
becuase they thought the bombs were triggered by mobiles but thats just
what I have heard.

Have seen an email from Vodafone though stating that all GPRS is turned
off for now

[Watson, Paul]

I wouldn't be surprised if the mobile networks had been switched off in London by the police - considering how the Madrid bombs were triggered.

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Sent: 07 July 2005 11:46
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Subject: Re: [BNM] [OT] Explosion on the tube


It seems all the mobile networks are getting swamped as well. can't get
through to anyone in london

Tim R

Rebekah wrote:

>In case you don't know, there have been about 5 or 6 bombs at various tube
>stations and one on a bus at Russell Square. No public transport is running
>in central London and no tubes at all.
>
>rebeKah
>
>
>

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[Samuel Watts]

There are no trains running to/from brighton station. It has been shut
down and the surrounding offices have been evacuated.

*waves

Still here! There were reports of an explosion at Brighton Station but I
can vouch that ain't true... I would have heard/felt it!

[Stephen Field]

I'm also seeing odd things with text messages - certain words starred out
followed by *This has been removed* within incoming text messages.

Very sinister.

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From: bnmlist...@brightonnewmedia.org
[mailto:bnmlist...@brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of Paul Howard
Sent: 07 July 2005 11:52
To: Brighton New Media
Subject: Re: [BNM] [OT] Explosion on the tube

[Paul Silver]

I was texting a mate an hour ago and that was getting in fine, so either
they've turned it off since then or it is just certain nodes that are
shut down.

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:52:24 +0100, "Watson, Paul" said:
> I wouldn't be surprised if the mobile networks had been switched off in
> London by the police - considering how the Madrid bombs were triggered.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Psychology Press
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bnmlist...@brightonnewmedia.org
> [mailto:bnmlist...@brightonnewmedia.org]On Behalf Of Tim Reed
> Sent: 07 July 2005 11:46
> To: Brighton New Media
> Subject: Re: [BNM] [OT] Explosion on the tube
>
>
> It seems all the mobile networks are getting swamped as well. can't get
> through to anyone in london
>
> Tim R
>
> Rebekah wrote:
>
> >In case you don't know, there have been about 5 or 6 bombs at various tube
> >stations and one on a bus at Russell Square. No public transport is running
> >in central London and no tubes at all.
> >
> >rebeKah
> >
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[Martyn Fagg]

>From radio:
There was a leather 'briefcase sized' package in a phone box near
Grand Central pub. Bomb squad supervisors have arrived but a team from
portsmouth are on their way to perform a controlled explosion.

[Oliver Marshall]

Which words ?

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Field [mailto:o...@stefield.com]
Sent: 07 July 2005 11:58
To: 'Brighton New Media'

Subject: RE: [BNM] [OT] Explosion on the tube

I'm also seeing odd things with text messages - certain words starred
out followed by *This has been removed* within incoming text messages.

Very sinister.

-----Original Message-----
From: bnmlist...@brightonnewmedia.org
[mailto:bnmlist...@brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of Paul Howard
Sent: 07 July 2005 11:52
To: Brighton New Media
Subject: Re: [BNM] [OT] Explosion on the tube

Tim Reed wrote:
> It seems all the mobile networks are getting swamped as well. can't
> get through to anyone in london
>
> Tim R
>

All the mobile networks have tirned off GPRS as well - I did hear it was
becuase they thought the bombs were triggered by mobiles but thats just
what I have heard.

Have seen an email from Vodafone though stating that all GPRS is turned
off for now

[Anthony Hall]

At 11:52 07/07/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>I wouldn't be surprised if the mobile networks had been switched off in
>London by the police - considering how the Madrid bombs were triggered.

This is apparently the case, according to friends in London.

A

[Paul Silver]

Just been out and about. The Police have cordoned off the station area
from the Battle of Trafalgar pub, the whole junction where the Evening
Star / traffic lights are, and down Trafalgar Road where the station
makes the bridge over the road. Between me crossing the traffic lights
area and getting back from the bakers they'd extended the area a bit and
are still extending it out towards Buckingham Road, so it might be
higher up than the Battle now (would have to be if there is something
outside Grand Central.)

There's quite a few photographers around, but not a lot else happening.
I'm not surprised it's a sus-package as I couldn't see them closing such
a big area unless they'd found something, whether inside the station or
outside.

I met a bloke who was trying to get to Seven Dials and he said the
insurance company he works for isn't doing cold-calls to companies
trying to sell insurance today as it could be seen as bad taste, so it's
nice to see some insurance companies have some sense. He couldn't make
any phone calls, but other people in the area had their phones to their
ears so I don't know if there's just too many people using them, or
whether some companies have shut down the local service.

Cheers

Paul

On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 12:21:55 +0100, "Anthony Hall" <anth...@epic.co.uk>
said:

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[Anthony Hall]

Anyone got an update? Sam, are you being evacuated yet?

Reports of a "suspect package" in the phone box opposite Grand Central on
the BBC, apparently.

A

[Oliver Marshall]

Tell ya what though, on the way in to work from the station, I seem to
have lost my lunchbox...no, seriously.... I have no lunch :(

-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Hall [mailto:anth...@epic.co.uk]
Sent: 07 July 2005 12:39
To: Brighton New Media

[Anthony Hall]

I knew it...

At 12:51 07/07/2005 +0100, you wrote:
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[Mat Walker]

On 7 Jul 2005, at 12:39, Anthony Hall wrote:

> Anyone got an update?

Heres some pictures I took on the way home from town.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/matski_98/24231017/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/matski_98/24231016/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/matski_98/24231015/in/photostream/

['Alex' Bridge]

Just heard Charles Clarke's statement. He didn't mention how ID cards
would help prevent this kind of incident, but I'm sure it's only a
matter of time.

-alx

[Mat Walker]

A Bomb blast Fiicr group has been started here with peoples own
photos from London

http://www.flickr.com/groups/74918957@N00/

This picture is particularly shocking:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mc/24232340/in/pool-74918957@N00/

Mat

[Samuel Watts]

Nope no further news here... Just saw a meat wagon making it's way up
there on my way back from lunch. Phones still working, internet's flakey
(separate issue) but the big gates across Traf' Place have been shut
with guards on them checking vehicles entering/exiting etc and the
underground carpark is sealed... Brighton town is as ever, tourist hell
with nothing untoward...

[Tom Coady]

They would have been hit by capacity problems anyway, but to prevent
underground bomb triggers would indicate an expected level of
intelligence from the usual suspects. I heard someone confirm they had
hit the emergency trigger which prioritises calls with an emergency
flag on their subscriber setup - a feature that has been around for
about 10 years but probably not used that often.

[Samuel Watts]

Great, that's the nearest building to my office... better close the
blinds just in case 8|

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Sent: 07 July 2005 11:13
To: Brighton New Media

Subject: RE: [BNM] [OT] Explosion on the tube

[James Wragg]

Just heard on Southern Counties Radio that Brighton station will open
again in 10-15 minutes.

[wayne]

So when blare says that we have much more determination to stop the bombers than they do to do the bombing, does he mean that his and bushes appetite for destruction is bigger than theirs and nothing they do is going to stop him and bush?

Assuming this is the result of a "terrorist attack" of course!!

"God bless amayrayca" !!!

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From: bnmlist...@brightonnewmedia.org on behalf of James Wragg
Sent: Thu 07/07/2005 13:52
To: Brighton New Media

[Nick Wilsdon]

Seems the blogosphere may have the news first on this occasion.

http://www.back-to-iraq.com/archives/000884.php


Nick

Managing Director
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[Ali]

brighton station had a controlled explosion on a suspicious device - it
wasn't a bomb

it is open now

ali

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[Dave Walsh]

Was it Oliver's lunch box?

Dave

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[Paul Silver]

Trains are running up to Victoria, and east and west. The trains through
London to Bedford are cancelled (at least the two on the boards.)

No news on Olly's lunch.

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 15:12:36 +0100 , "Dave Walsh" <da...@cst-group.com>
said:

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[Dave Phelan]

On 7/7/05, Tom Coady <tom....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/07/05, Anthony Hall <anth...@epic.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> > At 11:52 07/07/2005 +0100, you wrote:
> > >I wouldn't be surprised if the mobile networks had been switched off in
> > >London by the police - considering how the Madrid bombs were triggered.
> >
> > This is apparently the case, according to friends in London.
>
> They would have been hit by capacity problems anyway, but to prevent
> underground bomb triggers would indicate an expected level of
> intelligence from the usual suspects. I heard someone confirm they had
> hit the emergency trigger which prioritises calls with an emergency
> flag on their subscriber setup - a feature that has been around for
> about 10 years but probably not used that often.

It requires a special SIM card. I was supposed to have one for 31st
December 1999, but the BT internal mail didn't deliver it until after
new years. I *think* it's part of the GSM specification, certainly
it's been in O2's GSM network since BT Cellnet built it.

By virtue of having the emergency flag capability on your SIM, you go
onto a register, so in an emergency, the local police/army etc can
turn up and demand your phone.

I've forgotten if the system works by merely prioritising calls so
they always get through, or if it bars all calls without the flag when
activated.

HTH
Dave Ph

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