Article: First payments today; Victims' families prepare to receive support from [pounds sterling]5million fund.

Byline: JONATHAN PRYNN

THE first payments from the [pounds sterling]5 million fund to help victims of the London bombings and their families are being made today.

Bereaved families will get initial grants of [pounds sterling]5,000 and people who had to stay overnight in hospital as a result of their injuries are entitled to [pounds sterling]3,000.

The fund's administrators said these preliminary payouts would be topped up "according to the emerging needs of those affected and the resources available".

Murziline Parchment, an interim trustee of the fund, said: "The full needs of the victims of the bombings and their families will emerge ...

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