Gill Hicks, a survivor of the 7/7 bombings, has walked from Leeds to London for peace, on prosthetic legs

Gill Hicks and her husband Joe Kerr are completely remarkable people. Their Walktalk project is an initiative to bring together Muslims and non-Muslims working for peace and tackling extremism and intolerance together. They have walked from Leeds to London via 22 towns and cities including Luton, from where the bombers took the train to carry out their suicide mission.

The walkers were joined en route by Met Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair and hurdler Colin Jackson. But the real tribute is the support they have gained from Muslim communities, including Beeston, the town where several of the bombers lived.

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