BBC producer Stuart Hughes, who lost a leg after stepping on a landmine while covering the Iraq War in 2003, is in trainging for a 450 foot abseil from the top of Guy's Tower.
Metre-high barriers are being installed across the entrances to the concourse of Waterloo station as part of a trial of new security measures.
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