A total of four people including the two men shot by police have now been arrested in connection with the murder of a soldier in Woolwich.

The police are “our last line of protection against the savagery of the jungle”, a bishop said today as prayers were held in memory of two policewomen murdered in a gun and grenade attack.

A man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over a gas blast which killed a two-year-old boy has been released on bail.