'There was a big bang and then all the ash. I could not breathe'

SURVIVORS last night spoke of their terror following the first Tube tunnel blast between Liverpool Street Station and Aldgate East in which seven people died and many more were seriously injured.

Terry O'Shea, 42, a construction worker from Worcester, who was in the carriage behind the one where the explosion happened at 8.51am, wept as he described the scene.

He said: "There was a loud bang and we felt the train shudder. Then smoke started coming into the compartment. It was terrible. People were panicking, but they calmed down after one or two minutes.