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Latest on the London bombings

Updated at 0800 BST 22 July 2005

Prime Minister Tony Blair has given his reaction in Downing Street to the latest series of incidents.

He said:

"We have to react calmly and continue with our business. We know why these things are done - they are done to scare people and make them feel worried."

The Prime Minister said terrorism would only be defeated by 'going after the ideas of these people... taking them on and defeating them.'

Met Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said the fact devices remained unexploded at the scenes could prove 'very helpful'.

"Clearly the intention must have been to kill. You don't do this with any other intention," he told a press conference.

Members of the public can now use an online book of condolence to pay their respects following the 7 July bomb attacks on London.

The Metropolitan Police are appealing for photographic and video images from the terrorist attack. Images taken either immediately before, during, or afterthe incidents or immediately afterwards, in or close to the areas where the four bombs exploded, should be sent to images@met.police.uk.

The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, has launched the London Bombings Relief Fund in association with the British Red Cross. He also announced that a book of condolence would be opened at City Hall on Monday.

The Downing Street website has received thousands of emails since the London bombings. The Prime Minister is very grateful to every one who has taken the trouble to write in. All messages will be passed on to the Mayor of London's Office for inclusion in the book of condolence.

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