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Borough Market is better than ever a year since terror attack

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It’s one year since the London Bridge terror attacks which saw eight people killed in and around Borough Market and the foodie hub subsequently shut for 10 days.

As well as the immediate impact, many of the market’s traders have suffered huge financial losses brought about due to inability to trade and stock wasteage – plus the fact that many isurance policies do not cover terrorism.

Leo McCourt, 24, who runs Northfield Farm butchery with his brother told us:

‘It’s as close as we’ve ever come to having to sell the farm because wages needed paying and animals needed feeding, and we had to take out a big loan.’

Borough Market one year onAlamy

Summing up the spirit of the market, he added: ‘But we weren’t willing to sack people just because four selfish a***holes decided to come and stab people.’

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This grit, determination and defiance has helped the market pull through and bounce back stronger than ever, with the public showing it more love than ever and ensuring it is the busiest it’s ever been.

Watch the video above where we catch up with some of the market’s traders to mark the anniversary.

Also see our tribute to the market, written in the immediate aftermath of the attack.