Yesterday, our terrorism threat level was lowered from "severe" to "substantial". Today, Shepherd's Bush blog remembers 21st July four years ago:
"You'd better get off here", "Get off now", "Ladies and gents there seems to be some kind of security alert please get off this bus now," were the three announcements I remember on the 207 bus. We had pulled up just before the H&C tube next to the police station. We all knew what he was talking about and what the dozens of police frantically throwing up cordons and pushing people back up Uxbridge Road had to mean.
Now read on.
