The most seriously injured survivor of the July 7 bombings has spoken of how he was standing next to the terrorist ringleader as he detonated his devi

Daniel Biddle, 31, lost both legs, his left eye, his spleen and 87 pints of blood when Mohammed Sidique Khan killed himself and six other people at Edgware Road.

He told the inquests into the 52 who died in the 2005 atrocities that a 20p piece remains lodged in his thigh bone, and other shrapnel, including his door keys, was removed by surgeons.

Speaking at the Royal Courts of Justice, Mr Biddle said he was blown out of the westbound Circle Line train as he travelled to work as a construction manager.

He described how Khan, who got on the train at King's Cross, sat between 6ft and 10ft away from him before detonating his bomb by jerking a white cord.

Mr Biddle said: "The train entered the Tube tunnel, I looked around. As I looked around, he looked up and I saw a quick movement. Then there was a big white flash.