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Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield present This Morning live from Borough Market just one day after it reopens following London Bridge terror attack

DEFIANT Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield headed to Borough Market to host This Morning live from the site of the London Bridge terror attack.

The presenters headed to the central London hotspot to show the area is open for business again two weeks after the horror there earlier this month.

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Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield hosted the show from the site of the terror attack

The famous tourist trap has finally reopened after the devastating attack on June 4, when three attackers crashed a van on nearby London Bridge and ran down towards the market stabbing passers-by.

Holly and Phil headed to the site of the atrocity today and set up just yards from the place where the three knifemen were gunned down by armed police.

They moved the location of the show there to show the market is now finally back in business after the attack.

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The pair was situated just yards from where the police gunned down the suspects

Borough Market traders opened their doors again yesterday following a lengthy closure as police investigated the scene of the bloody knife rampage.

A minute’s silence was held to to remember the victims of the atrocity before the market bell clanged at 10am to signal the reopening of the popular tourist hotspot.

Holly and Phil interviewed some of the stall holders working at the market and spent time tasting the different foods on offer.

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The pair tucked into different foods that are sold by the traders at the famous market

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Eight people were killed when Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba ploughed into pedestrians with a white van on London Bridge, before going on a stabbing spree in the nearby market with 12-inch ceramic knives.

They were later confronted by armed police in a deadly showdown close to the entrance to Borough Market, and all three were killed in the gunfire.

A fund for traders hit by business losses since the attack has been launched to offer financial support.

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Traders, locals, members of the police and the world’s media gathered to observe the silence

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Many bowed their heads as they fell silent for one minute to remember the victims of the terror attack on June 3

 

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