London hospitals treating hundreds

More than 100 casualties and one of the dead were taken to the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel.

Paul White, the chief executive of Bart's and the London NHS trust said three double-decker buses loaded with casualties had brought the injured to the hospital. He told BBC Radio 4: "We have so far treated over 100 casualties, 10 are critical and seven are in a serious condition.

"There have been some fatalities, one here but no others that we have had brought in. We had three double-decker buses arrive with casualties. This is probably the most major (incident) we have had in recent years but we are coping well, we are not overwhelmed."

The Royal London hospital said it had so far received 95 casualties, of whom 10 were seriously ill and seven in a critical condition, some needing emergency surgery.