
Motorists have slammed traffic wardens for slapping parking tickets on cars left inside a police cordon set up in the wake of the London Bridge terror attack.

Pictures from within Borough Market show several cars with a £130 fine notice on them, while wardens were also seen circling around them this afternoon.

A number of business owners were said to have been forced to shoo away wardens as they tried to get restaurants and bars within the cordon back up and running.

Police began removing the cordon bit by bit in the early hours of this morning, with motorists claiming they were told to pick up their cars from 8am.

But according to one driver, vehicles were already being ticketed minutes later.

Motorists have slammed traffic wardens for slapping parking tickets on cars left inside a police cordon set up in the wake of the London Bridge terror attack

Pictures from within Borough Market show several cars with a £130 fine notice on them, while wardens were also seen circling around them this afternoon

One driver said he received an email from the Met Police at 8am telling him he could come and collect his car, but claimed that by 8.05am vehicles in the area were already being ticketed

A number of business owners were said to have been forced to shoo away wardens as they tried to get restaurants and bars within the cordon back up and running

He said he received an email from the Metropolitan Police at 8am telling him he could come and collect his car, but claimed that by 8.05am vehicles were being slapped with fines.

Massimo Ricciardi, 47, manager of Giuseppe's restaurant on Borough High Street, said his boss was almost given a ticket.

He told The Sun: 'It's unbelievable - the car was there since Saturday. He could not come because nobody can come inside, how could he have moved the car?

'This morning he could not come because he lives far away. The mind of some people they are not compassionate. Come on.

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'I explained to her [the traffic warden] that the car was there since Saturday and he could not move it. It was lucky the key was here otherwise he would have got the fine.'

Transport for London has since said it will write off the fines, which could have stretched to £130.

A spokesman said: 'We unreservedly apologise for our insensitive mistake.

'These fines should never have been issued and will all be immediately cancelled.'

It is understood there will be wardens in the area for the rest of the week but no cars that have been parked within the police cordon will be fined.

Another car which was ticketed after being parked behind the police cordon following Saturday's terror attack in London Bridge and Borough Market

Hundreds of cars have been left in the same spot since police set up a cordon following Saturday's terror attack in London Bridge and Borough Market

Transport for London has since apologised and said it will write off the parking fines issued because it was 'insensitive'

Hundreds of cars have been left in the same spot since police set up a cordon following Saturday's terror attack in London Bridge and Borough Market.

Eight people were killed and 48 injured when knife-wielding terrorists Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba went on a killing spree.

Meanwhile,Muslim leaders have pledged to 'root out' the 'menace' of extremism as they launched an action plan to tackle radicalisation within their communities.

Around 100 imams gathered near London Bridge to condemn the recent terrorist atrocities in both the capital and Manchester.

They were joined by other faith leaders including those from Jewish and Christian communities as they walked a short distance from outside the Shard to what has now become a makeshift memorial at the bridge following the weekend's carnage.

Many of those taking part held aloft pieces of paper with the slogans 'We stand with London' and 'Not in our name' and carried single red roses.

A man is seen here holding up a placard with London's iconic Tower Bridge on it, saying '#ISIS will lose. #Love will win', during a gathering today

Representatives of the Muslim community stand around flowers layed in an area just south of London Bridge as they came to pay their repects

A large crowd gathered opposite The Barrowboy And Banker pub, close to where the van carrying the terrorist trio Youssef Zaghba, Khuram Shazad Butt and Rachid Redouane crashed.

They murdered eight people and injured 48 others in their rampage around London Bridge and Borough Market on Saturday night.

Muslim scholar Aneesa Hussain told those present: 'Today we make it clear that terrorists and extremists are not following the path to paradise.

'We clarify that the funeral prayer of such barbaric individuals is not to be performed, nor they be buried among the Muslims.

'We stand here also to reiterate our commitment to peace, bridge-building and British values, and to continue to play our role in rooting out this menace from our communities and the wider society.'

Echoing the words of Prime Minister Theresa May, she said: 'Enough is indeed enough' as a four-point plan to combat extremist ideology was announced.

Muslims in Britain can be confident in their identity and that their religion is compatible with the values held dear within the UK, the plan states.

A Muslim man gives a speech during the emotional ceremony, as people around him hold up posters with slogans on and prepare to lay flowers

This man looks visibly emotional as he lays two red roses close to the site where three terrorists killed eight people and injured dozens of others

Notions that Muslims should work to establish and support a so-called Islamic State and that it is a betrayal to help British authorities are 'wrong', the plan adds, and will continue to be challenged within mosques and educational institutions as 'divisive narratives'.

Leaders have also vowed to improve cross-community engagement by showing there are no no-go areas when it comes to places of worship.

Part of the plan echoes further the words of Mrs May in the wake of recent attacks, that the internet should not give 'safe spaces' to extremists, and said it remains a challenge to prevent online grooming of young people.

Imam Qari Asim said ahead of the gathering: "My message to any wannabe extremist is that by taking part in terror you are not committing a martyrdom, you are following a suicidal cause, and you're bringing disrepute to your family members and the whole of the community."

The spokesman for the British Muslim Forum and imam of the Leeds Makkah mosque added: "And more importantly you are not a martyr, you are a criminal and it's as simple as that."

A woman weeps as she looks over the flowers that have been laid on London Bridge for the victim's of Saturday night's brutal attack

Two others generous citizens come to crouch down next to her to check if she is okay, as she is overcome with emotion

Another woman lays a floral tribute on London Bridge in memory of the eight people who were killed in the attack

Cheers! Resilient Londoners are back drinking as Borough Market pubs open for business just four days after extremists killed eight in terror attack

By Anthony Joseph, Thomas Burrows and Gareth Davies

Resilient Londoners have returned to the bars and restaurants just four days after the venues were plunged into terror when Islamic extremists killed eight and injured dozens more.

Popular drinking venues such as the Bunch Of Grapes, on St Thomas Street - which one of many that was evacuated when three terrorists ploughed into innocent civilians on London Bridge before launching a knife rampage - reopened for business after Saturday night's horrors.

And residents wasted no time after the cordon was lifted to get back to having fun, as they were pictured sipping pints in the bustling central London area.

Popular drinking venues such as the Bunch Of Grapes (pictured) reopened for business after Saturday night's horrors

Residents wasted no time after the cordon was lifted to get back to having fun, as they were pictured sipping pints in the bustling central London area.

As the drizzle dropped into their pints, the capital city's workers refused to be put off by Saturday night's massacre

Two men enjoy a pint at the bunch of grapes as order begins to slowly be restored to the central London area that was hit by devastation

As the drizzle dropped into their pints, the capital city's workers refused to be put off by Saturday night's massacre.

Patrick Gurden came down from Hitchin because he and his friend thought it was right to show solidarity.

They arrived in London at 6.30pm and headed straight for the scene of Saturday night's terror.

He told MailOnline: 'People and things like that shouldn't stop you coming out and having a drink.

'We just thought it was important to come and show a bit of strength.

'It's the right thing to do.'

The images are in stark contrast to chilling pictures taken earlier of pubs, showing the eerie aftermath of the horrific terror attack.

The haunting images from The Bunch of Grapes and The Mudlark, in Borough Market, show scattered chairs, broken glass and half-finished pints which have been left untouched for four days.

Rubbish is strewn on the floor and furniture was left overturned as revellers ran for their lives from rampaging jihadis.

Terrorists Khuram Butt, Yousef Zaghba and Rachid Redouane mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge, crashed their van and went on a stabbing spree before being shot dead by armed officers.

They killed eight people and injured dozens in eight minutes of terror on the streets of the British capital.

Chilling pictures taken inside London Bridge pub, The Bunch of Grapes, show the eerie aftermath of the horrific terror attack. Half-empty glasses and bottles have been left at the bar

Debris from Saturday's attack in Borough Market, London, remain in the street. Rubbish is strewn on the floor and furniture was left overturned as revellers ran for their lives from rampaging jihadis

Pictured is the mess at The Bunch of Grapes pub in Saint Thomas Street, London, opposite Borough Market. A half-drunk pint of beer and half-empty bottle of Coke can be seen on a table

Staff at the Bunch of Grapes pub clear furniture and signs out of the building following the terror attack on Saturday

Men and women at Bunch of Grapes are seen loading up a truck with furniture, signs and other items after the terror attack

A woman carried a chair out of the Bunch of Grapes pub in London Bridge today following the attack on Saturday

The haunting images from The Bunch of Grapes (pictured) on St Thomas Street and The Mudlark in Borough Market show scattered chairs, broken glass and half-finished pints which have been left untouched for four days

A glass of white wine and a pint of lager were left abandoned on outside tables at the Mudlark Pub in Borough Market

Business began to re-open today, as their owners began to put back together the trail of destruction that was left by the attack.

Marco Vasconcelos, a barman at Giuseppe's Italian restaurant on King's Head Yard, added: 'People were having their main course and we found the meals today as they were left on Saturday night.

'When we heard someone had been stabbed we thought it might be a fight but then we saw all the police and some guy heard shots and we closed everything. Then police came in and said we had to leave. Some customers were very upset.

'The way police told us to leave was very forceful. Everything was just left as it was, there was no time for anything, it was crazy. It's affected so many tourists as well, I think.'

Lorenzo Terrero, manager of the Luncheonette on Southwark Street, said: 'The first I knew of anything was seeing lots of police cars coming down the straight.

'Then someone next door called the police as he saw someone being stabbed. Then lots more police cars came.

Fifteen people have been arrested in connection with the incident, but 13 have since been released without charge. Pictured is the inside of The Bunch of Grapes

London officials said a large part of the outer cordon of the crime scene had reopened. Borough Market, a popular gathering place, remains closed as more evidence is gathered. Pictured are toppled chairs and tables at Borough Market

On the day after the attack armed police and forensic officers were seen scouring the scene at London Bridge and Borough Market, where three terrorists left a trail of death and destruction when they went on a van and knife rampage. Pictured is the eerie aftermath inside The Bunch of Grapes

Police comb through the Borough Market area today following Saturday's terror attack in the capital

Police could be seen talking and looking at parts of the street in Borough Market after Saturday's terror attack

Pictures show the state of the pub before it was evacuated on the night of the terror attack on London Bridge

Police officers guard a closed entrance of the Borough Market in the London Bridge area this afternoon

Metropolitan Police officers stand on duty outside The Mudlark Pub, near to an entrance to Borough Market in London

A couple of drinks left abandoned in the garden of the Mudlark Pub which is still shut since the terror attack on Saturday

'Loads of people were running down the street, everything was crazy. Then 15 minutes after I heard guns inside Borough Market. We took the customers downstairs and then the police came in and told us we had to 'go go go'. We then ran down the street away from London Bridge.

'The door was open to the shop and everything was on, even the cooker so I had to come back on Sunday to turn everything off. Police had sealed the shop. It's very frightening.'

Antonio Costa, a chef at the luncheonette, added: 'We have been closed for a few days and had to throw away lots of things and lost a lot of money but we will carry on.

'The restaurant was full at the time and busy. We closed the doors and went downstairs and then police ordered us to leave down the road. It was very frightening. But we are in a big city and it's happening in France, Belgium, Germany and we know it can happen.'

London officials said a large part of the outer cordon of the crime scene had reopened. Borough Market, a popular gathering place, remains closed as more evidence is gathered. Pictured are toppled chairs and tables at Borough Market.

Police officers were seen laying flowers at the scene of the horrific attack this afternoon.

The George Pub on Borough High Street remains closed after the shocking terror attack on Saturday

A dustpun and brush sits abandoned next to a bottle of Lucozade at The Old Thameside Inn at Pickfords Wharf today

The Number 1 bar near London Bridge train station remains closed this afternoon following Saturday's terror attack

People walk past The George pub on Borough High Street which is still shut today following Saturday's atrocity

A police cordon remains around Borough Market today following the terror attack at the weekend in London

People work in an area cordoned off by police among the debris from Saturday's attack in Borough Market

Officials in London said a large part of the outer cordon of the crime scene had reopened in Borough this afternoon

On the day after the attack armed police and forensic officers were seen scouring the scene at London Bridge and Borough Market, where three terrorists left a trail of death and destruction when they went on a van and knife rampage.

The attackers, who were wearing fake suicide vests, mowed down up to 20 pedestrians as they careered across London Bridge in an 'S shape' at 50mph before abandoning the vehicle at nearby Borough Market, where they began 'randomly stabbing' revellers packed into busy bars and pubs.

Fifteen people have been arrested in connection with the incident, but 13 have since been released without charge.

The latest arrest was a 30-year-old man, who was detained in connection with the massacre in the early hours of this morning after Counter-terrorism officers raided a property in Ilford, east London

The man has been arrested over terror offences and has been taken into custody at a south London police station.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: 'Detectives investigating the London Bridge terror attack have carried out a search warrant at an address in east London in the early hours of Wednesday, June 7.

Debris remains in the street following Saturday's attack in Borough Market, which is a popular gathering place in the capital

Borough Market remains closed after Saturday's terror attack, with Southwark Cathedral visible in the background

Containers sit outside The Old Thameside Inn on the South Bank on Clink Street which remains closed this afternoon

The area of Borough Market is eerily quiet compared to its normal bustling self, following Saturday's terror attack

The Number 1 bar remains closed this afternoon after the terror attack on Saturday which left eight people dead

A police cordon remains around Borough Market following the terror attacks in which 48 people were injured

Imams and members of the Muslim community arrive to lay flowers near the scene of the London Bridge terrorist attack

Police direct people around Borough Market in South London following the terror attack on Saturday night

Police speak to members of the public as the cordon remains around Borough Market following the terror attack

A group of police stand next to a cordon which remains around Borough Market near London Bridge train station

Yesterday, a A 27-year-old man was arrested in the Barking area in connection with the atrocity.

It came after police confirmed they raided a home in Ilford in the early hours.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police told MailOnline that yesterday's raid was at a different address to today's operation and that nobody had been detained.

'Officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command, supported by officers from the Territorial Support Group, entered the address in Ilford at around 1.30am,' they said.

'A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorist acts (contrary to section 5 Terrorism Act 2006) and has been taken into custody at a south London police station under the Terrorism Act 2000. A search of the address is ongoing.'

And also reports in Ireland emerged that a man had been detained in Limerick last night over the attack.

A map shows how terror attack unfolded. The attackers were shot dead within eight minutes of the first emergency phone call

London Bridge and Borough Market this afternoon as police arrive at the scene to lay flower and mark their respect

Pictured are police officers laying flowers at the scene of the terror attack at London Bridge today. A number of police officers were injured on Saturday

Metropolitan Police men and women line up to lay flowers at London Bridge this afternoon after Saturday's horrific attack. In the backdrop is The Barrow and Banker pub where the terrorists crashed their van after mowing down around 20 people

Two policewomen are pictured holding flowers at the scene of the London Bridge terror attack, which killed eight people

On the day after the attack armed police and forensic officers were seen scouring the scene at London Bridge and Borough Market, where three terrorists left a trail of death and destruction when they went on a van and knife rampage. Today they were seen laying flowers at the scene

A Metropolitan Police officer wipes a tear from her face as members of the force stand at London Bridge to pay their respects

A Morrocan national was arrested in Limerick on Monday after ID documents found at his home were in the name of one of the London attackers - Rachid Redouane.

He was being questioned at a garda station in the city by detectives attached to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) on suspicion of using forged documents, according to the Limerick Leader. He was later released without charge.

On Monday, Scotland Yard announced that all 12 people arrested on Sunday by officers in east London investigating Saturday's massacre have been released without charge.

Molotov cocktails hidden in a bottle of £5 WINE: Huge haul of petrol bombs found in the back of the van used by London Bridge terrorists

By Richard Spillett

Chilling pictures show police officers removing petrol bombs from the back of the van used by the London Bridge terrorists.

At least four wine bottles with paper 'fuses' wrapped around their necks were taken from the Hertz hire van which crashed outside a pub on the south side of the bridge on Saturday night.

Forensics officers also lined up 14 jerry cans like those sold at petrol stations, leading to fears the trio planned to use makeshift bombs to further increase the death toll.

Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba drove the van across the bridge on Saturday night, weaving on and off the pavement to kill as many pedestrians as they could.

They then jumped out of the vehicle and attacked members of the public in and around bars in Borough Market before all three were shot dead by armed police.

Police found 14 jerry cans like those used to store petrol in the back of the van used to carry out the London Bridge terror attack, prompting fears the death toll could have been higher

At least four Molotov cocktails - made from £5 bottles of Lidl wine - were also pictured on the ground beside the van as police examined the scene earlier this week

The Hertz hire van was left where the terrorists crashed it, at railings outside a pub on the south side of London Bridge

Their attack following a call by ISIS for its followers to use improvised weapons to carry out low-tech attacks on Western targets.

It is not known why the trio did not use the apparent weapons, but it is possible they thought their attack would last longer and intended to return to the van.

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the atrocity, although some have suggested they are trying to gain notoriety from the attack rather than having been directly involved.

Police and MI5 are attempting to confront an 'unprecedented' threat, with 500 active investigations involving 3,000 individuals, and 20,000 former 'subjects of interest'.

Eighteen plots have been foiled since 2013, including five in two months after the Westminster attack.

Xavier Thomas, 45, today emerged as the eighth victim killed in the atrocity at the weekend, after he was thrown into the river by the terrorists' van.

The terrorists used the van and knives, but may have been planning an even worse atrocity

Police forensic experts were seen examining the vehicle as they investigate the atrocity

The trio, who had been radicalised in east London, were pictured during their killing spree

Also killed in the attack were Australian nanny Sara Zelenak, 21, French chef Sebastien Belanger, 36, his fellow countryman and friend Alexandre Pigeard, 27, nurse Kirsty Boden, 28, from Australia, British business owner James McMullan, 32, from Hackney and Canadian tourist Christine Archibald, 30, died after being hit by a van.

The family of Ignacio Echeverria, from Las Rozas in Spain, today revealed that he was killed in the massacre after he used his skateboard as a weapon against a knife-wielding jihadi as he tried to save a woman from being attacked.

Controversy over the UK's counter-terror efforts spread to border security after claims emerged that one of the perpetrators was let into the country despite being on a security watch list.

Youssef Zaghba is said to have told Italian police 'I'm going to be a terrorist' when he was stopped trying to travel to Syria last year.

Prosecutors in Italy say there was not enough evidence to arrest or charge the 22-year-old when he was intercepted at Bologna airport.

Investigators scoured the scene this week as they prepare a detailed report of how the terrorists carried out their rampage

The belongings of those who were hit by or jumped out of the way of the van were left alongside paramedics' equipment

Forensics experts were seen gathering evidence at the bar area below where the van crashed on Saturday night

The vehicle was taken away by police this week as police continue to piece together what happened on Saturday night

Unconfirmed reports suggest he was placed on the Schengen Information System (SIS II), a vast database of alerts about individuals and objects of interest to EU law enforcement agencies.

It contains information on thousands of people wanted under the European Arrest Warrant, as well as suspected foreign fighters.

Alerts are made available in the UK through the Police National Computer and to Border Force officers at immigration controls.

Authorities are facing pressure to detail whether an alert was flagged about Zaghba when he came into the UK and whether he was stopped at the border.

The Home Office has not commented as there is an ongoing police investigation, while Scotland Yard has said Zaghba, who lived in east London, was not a police or MI5 subject of interest.

Evidence tents were set up on the bridge on Sunday as Met Police forensics experts collected evidence for reports

Detectives are still appealing for information from any members of the public who knew the attackers or saw what happened

Detectives walked across the bridge gathering any evidence which could aid the investigation before it was reopened

Scotland Yard today announced that, during the time its Casualty Bureau was operational, it handled over 3,500 calls

Questions over the extent to which the terror gang were known to security services have been mounting since it was revealed another of the attackers, Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, had been investigated in 2015.

Scotland Yard has confirmed that Butt was known to police and MI5 but said there was 'no intelligence to suggest that this attack was being planned' and the probe 'had been prioritised accordingly'.

The revelation meant perpetrators in all three of the terrorist outrages to hit the UK this year had been on the radar at some point.

Zaghba, Pakistan-born British citizen Butt and Rachid Redouane, 30, who claimed to be Moroccan-Libyan, launched a rampage around London Bridge and Borough Market on Saturday night.

Police have said Redouane was not known to security services. Butt and Redouane both lived in Barking, east London.