Massive police presence helps calm the nerves

ARRIVING at Liverpool Street Tube station at 8.50am it was impossible not to remember that a year ago at that exact time three bombs exploded on the London Underground within 50 seconds of each other.

Yesterday morning the police presence was not only visible — it was massive. Its aim was mainly to reassure the public and with me, it achieved exactly that.

I first started to get nervous about travelling on the Tube on Wednesday evening and this wasn’t helped by stories of people booking the day off on Friday because they simply did not want to travel.