LOCAL MPs described their horror at yesterday's terrorist outrage.

Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman was caught up in the chaos as he made his way to the House of Commons.

He said: "I was travelling in as was my daughter and her boyfriend at that time.

"At first I thought it was just a problem with the Tube and it was not until later colleagues told me they thought it was a suicide bomber.

"I just had this ghastly sinking feeling. We knew it was going to happen some day but when it does it doesn't take away from the shock.

"This morning the people of London are proving their resolve by trying to go about their lives as normally as possible. I am very proud of the way the British people have reacted.

"Of course everybody's deepest sympathies go to the families of the people who have been killed. I fear the death toll will rise.

"But lives were undoubtedly saved by the wonderful efforts of the emergency services."

Mary Creagh, MP for Wakefield which includes Kirkburton and Denby Dale, said there was a sense of disbelief at what had happened.

She added: "It is deeply shocking. It was terrible when we realised in the House of Commons what was going on.

"We are now on the highest security alert - the police are practically climbing into car engines to check them over and everyone is very alert.

"It was a very sad day. Charles Clarke's statement was very short and very factual and other MPs did not ask questions.

"When things happen in the outside world the House of Commons continues as normal and rightly so, but yesterday afternoon some people were just going through the motions - their hearts were elsewhere."