Article published in The Daily Mirror, 7 July 2025. © Richard Kemp

Twenty years ago today these four men killed themselves and 52 others when they detonated their bombs on three trains and a bus in London in the first Islamist suicide attack on UK soil.

A further 770 people were injured in the 7/7 bombings, which signalled the start of a new era of terrorism in Britain. There is now an ever-present terror threat, and with ever-changing weapons would-be attackers are adapting.

But, in the shadows, MI5 and counter-terror police are surveilling terror cells and lone wolves, building up evidence and striking to prevent attacks.

They have seen terrorism up close and understand what the public do not see – that evil is out there and another attacker could strike at any time.

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