Memorial service for London bombing victims

Victims of the London suicide bombings on July 7th are being remembered at a national memorial service today.

Victims of the London suicide bombings on July 7th are being remembered at a national memorial service today.

In the service at St Paul's Cathedral, Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Archbishop of Canterbury will join a 2,300-strong congregation made up of relatives of the dead, survivors and members of the emergency services.

Four candles for each of the bomb sites - Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross and Tavistock Square - will be lit in remembrance of the victims.

Fifty-two people were killed and hundreds injured when four suicide bombers targeted London's transport network during the morning rush hour.

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