Bombings death toll rises to 53

Police in the UK today said the confirmed number of people killed in the London bombs has risen to 53.

The following people have been confirmed dead after the July 7 terror attacks in London:

:: Susan Levy, 53, of Newgate Street Village, Cuffley, Hertfordshire. The mother of two died in the King’s Cross train bomb.

:: Jamie Gordon, 30, from Enfield in north London. He worked for City Asset Management in Old Street and died in the Tavistock Square bus bomb.

:: Philip Russell, 28, from Kennington, south London. A financier working for JP Morgan who died in the bus bomb.

:: Shyanuja Parathasangary, 30. A post office worker who died in the bus bomb.

:: Miriam Hyman, 31, of Barnet, north London. A picture researcher who died in the bus bomb.

:: William Wise, 54. Thought to have died in the bus bomb.

:: Shahara Islam, 20, from Plaistow, east London. She was a bank cashier and devout Muslim, who died in the bus bomb.

:: Ciaran Cassidy, 22, of Upper Holloway, north London, died in the King’s Cross bomb.

:: Mihaela Otto, 46, of Mill Hill, north London. A dental technician known as Michelle, who died in the King’s Cross train bomb.

:: Jennifer Nicholson, 24, of Reading, Berkshire, who worked for a music company in London, died in the bombing on the Edgware Road train.

:: Gladys Wyndowa, 50, of Essex, who worked as a cleaner at University College London, died in the bus bomb.

The first funeral will take place on Sunday.

Susan Levy will be cremated in a private service.

She was the first victim to be formally identified and an inquest into her death was opened on Monday.