Six men are on trial at Woolwich Crown Court accused of planning a series of alleged suicide bomb attacks on the London transport system on 21 July 2005.
Muktar Ibrahim, Manfo Asiedu, Hussein Osman, Yassin Omar, Ramzi Mohammed and Adel Yahya deny conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions.
You can follow the trial day-by-day on the BBC News website, on radio and television. At the end of each week, there will be a summary of the proceedings with links to relevant stories.
Week one: 15 January - 19 January 2007
Monday: Prosecution opening
The trial began with Nigel Sweeney QC, for the prosecution, outlining the case against the accused men. Mr Sweeney alleged they had planned "murderous suicide bombings" as part of an "extremist Muslim plot", targeting commuters two weeks after the 7 July 2005 London attacks.
He said the alleged plot was not a "copycat" - it had been carefully planned with the construction of home-made explosives taking place over several months. Only one of the men, Adel Yahya, had not set out on 21 July to become a suicide bomber, said Mr Sweeney.
It was unclear if the bombs had failed because they had been manufactured incorrectly or because of hot weather affecting the chemicals, the prosecution alleged.
Tuesday: Movements of the men
Mr Sweeney gave details of the alleged movements of the men on 21 July 2005. He said four of the men attempted to detonate devices on three Tube trains and a bus, but the fifth, Manfo Asiedu, "lost his nerve at the last moment".
Mr Sweeney showed the jury CCTV footage of the moment when a man said to be Ramzi Mohammed tried to detonate a device on a tube train. The film shows the suspected bomber turning towards a woman with her baby before apparently attempting to detonate a device in his rucksack.
The court also heard of what the prosecution says was a "suicide note" allegedly left by Mr Mohammed. Mr Sweeney said the accused men were also thought to have made a video to explain the reasons for their actions.
The court also heard how Mr Omar's home had allegedly been used as a "bomb factory" - and that he had undergone an engagement ceremony, referred to by some witnesses as a marriage, at a mosque before the attacks.
The jury heard that Hussein Osman told police after his arrest that the men had intended to make a political point and that the devices they were carrying were never meant to explode.
Wednesday: Camp under surveillance
The third day of the prosecution case saw the first witnesses being called. Photographs of the accused men, except for Mr Asiedu, on a camping trip with others in the Lake District in May 2004 were shown to the jury.
Metropolitan Police officers told the court they watched some of the men run up and down a hillside in an "organised" way. The court heard Mr Ibrahim had been arrested after distributing literature in the street in October 2004 and questioned at Heathrow in December of the same year on his way to a trip to Pakistan.
A former school-friend of Mr Omar and Mr Yahya told the court how the men first became interested in Islam.
The court heard they went on to attend sermons by Abu Hamza at Finsbury Park mosque. And Mr Omar was alleged to have had an argument with the imam of Finchley Mosque in north London after the cleric had told a congregation that a Palestinian suicide bombing was morally wrong.
Thursday: Chemistry classes
The jury heard how one of the alleged would-be bombers studied chemistry at college, although it was unclear how much he had exactly learnt because of his attendance record. Mr Omar was in classes where rates of chemical reaction were taught.
Friday: Peroxide purchases
The jury heard how more than 440 litres of an alleged bomb component were purchased from three hair product stores. Suppliers told the jury that Manfo Asiedu and Adel Yahya said they needed large quantities of liquid hydrogen peroxide for decorating and building work.
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