Hero cop says he is keen to get back to work a year on from the London Bridge attack

COP Wayne Marques, injured in the London Bridge terror attack, hopes to return to work next month after revealing he can walk again unaided.

The British Transport Police officer, 39, was stabbed several times in the attack which left eight people dead a year ago.

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Thanking the public for their "inspiring" support, Wayne said: “I’ve made significant progress.”

The PC was hailed a hero after fighting off terrorists Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba with just his baton, having been temporarily blinded in one eye as they lunged at him with their knives.

Recounting the horrific attack later, he told how, in the moments after being injured, he thought would die, having been stabbed multiple times, including in the head, leg and hand.

Conceding that his family still have concerns about his return to work, Wayne said: "It's a job that I enjoy. It's who I am, to be honest."

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After the attack, he had to undergo a series of operations and spent almost three weeks in hospital, and said at times when he was bedbound it was messages of support from the public, oftentimes complete strangers, that encouraged him.

In a video interview released by the British Transport Police, he said: "You go through these stages where you're stuck in a bed and you've got this time to keep thinking about things.”

"Then you get these messages from people who have just heard about you.

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"You've never met them and you never will, in most cases. But just genuine, heartfelt, caring messages. It wasn't just written for the sake of writing, people felt the need to send me something or write me something.

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Joking that he had not had to buy a pint since telling his remarkable story last year, he added: "The messages have just been awesome. I can only say thank you very much. It was both needed and appreciated."

"It makes a difference. To me anyway. I think that it showed what it meant to a lot of people."

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