0851 BST: The first explosion occurs on a Circle Line train between Liverpool Street and Aldgate

0856: A device explodes on a train between King's Cross and Russell Square.

0905: Witness reports that Kings Cross station is being evacuated

0917: A bomb explodes on a Circle Line train pulling into Edgware Road station, which collides with at least one other train

0922: The entire London Underground network is evacuated

0928: Metronet, a Tube maintenance company, reports that the explosions have been caused by a power surge

0930: University College Hospital placed on major alert

0934: A police spokesman says there are "walking wounded" at Aldgate East

0947: Device explodes in the upper section of a double decker bus at Tavistock Square in Bloomsbury

0951: Scotland Yard declares a "major incident" on the London Underground. Overground trains are diverted from Moorgate to King's Cross

0953: Rescue workers report several injuries at Edgware Road

1000: The National Grid reports that there has been no power surge that might have contributed to the incident

1013: Union officials report that there has been at least one explosive device on the London Underground

1019: Some mainline rail companies close lines in central London and terminate trains outside the capital. People are urged not to travel to London

1023: Scotland Yard says there are reports of an explosion at Moorgate

1108: Transport for London announces that all bus services within Central London have been suspended

1112: Charing Cross Road is cordoned off between Cambridge Circus and Centre Point after reports of a suspect package at a bus stop

1120: The Army is patrolling the streets of Covent Garden

1130: Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, confirms that there have been six sites of blasts in London and that traces of explosives have been found at at least one site

1130: Motorway signs outside the capital read: “Avoid London. Area closed. Turn on radio"

1138: A City of London Police spokeswoman confirms that two people have died at Aldgate

1139: A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman says that armed police and the Army have sealed off the area around the palace

1200: Tony Blair says that it is "reasonably clear" that the explosions were the result of terrorism

1216: Police have been called to Leicester Square Underground station, according to the London Ambulance Service

1224: Der Spiegel, a German news magazine, reports that responsibility for the attacks has been claimed by a group calling itself the "Secret Organisation Group of al-Qaeda of Jihad Organization in Europe" in a message posted on an unnamed website popular with Islamic militants

1234: Washington DC's underground system tightens security, sending armed police and sniffer dogs to patrol the network. Security is also stepped up in New York

1244: Police say that several people died in the bus bombing at Tavistock Square

1245: Police confirm "a number of fatalities" at Edgware Road Tube station

1247: Pope Benedict XVI condemns the attacks.

1303: Brian Paddick, the deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, says that 150 people have been seriously injured. There was no specific warning about the attacks, he says

1331: President George W. Bush makes a televised statement to say that he has instructed the Department of Homeland Security to make sure that American are "extra vigilant"

1355: European Parliament in Brussels sends a message of solidarity to the people of London.

1358: Ken Livingstone, the Mayor London, who is in Singapore says: "Londoners will not be divided by these cowardly attacks."

1505: US official says 43 killed in this morning's attacks, quoting discussions among American government agencies.

1525: Metropolitan Police confirm 33 fatalities in the blasts, saying 4 devices have exploded, killing 21 people near King's Cross, 7 near Moorgate and 5 at Edgware Road. There is still no death toll from the bus attack

1529: London Ambulance say they have treated 45 seriously wounded people and 300 people with minor injuries. More than 100 ambulances attended the explosions, taking the injured to four hospitals across London

1616: All mainline railway stations apart from King's Cross have now re-opened and Network Rail urges commuters to start going home now

1703: Hotels report that they are overwhelmed by commuters unable to travel home and tourists who have not been able to leave

1733: Tony Blair pays tribute to the emergency services and the "stoicism and resilience of the people of London" and says the police will bring to justice the perpetrators

1756: Sky TV reports that police have warned people to move away from Victoria station. A suspect package is found in a bus but rail services continue to operate normally

1826: A police spokeswoman says that 37 people have died in the attacks. Seven were killed in the first explosion near Liverpool Street, twenty-one at King's Cross, seven at Edgware Road and two on the bus at Tavistock Square. Police said 700 people were injured, 300 of whom were taken to hospital by ambulance

1842: A police spokesman says that the casualty bureau hotline (0870 156 6344) is receiving 42,000 calls per hour and asks callers to be patient

1905: Transport for London says that overground rail services, buses and the Docklands Light Railway are running normally. The Tube will remain suspended until tomorrow morning, when a reduced service will operate

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