Oh my god! I had no idea any of this was going on so have just looked on the BBC website - christ - what is going on.
Val - I hope you are OK up there in the thick of it. I am presuming these are bombs going off - is it a "backlash" of us getting the Olympic bid I wonder.
At the moment there are so many unconfirmed reports its crazy. No-one knows what to believe. We are confined to barracks. Hope things will soon get sorted.
Sky news have now confirmed terrorist attacks on public transport systems in London. It is all looking quite serious now.
Some bright spark here has sent an e-mail to all staff advising not to use public transport. Hellooo how do we get home??