Three Brighton students have been charged with terrorism offences in connection with the July 21 bungled bombings in London.

They were expected to appear before Bow Street magistrates sitting at Horseferry Road in London this morning.

The students were charged last night after being held at an undisclosed Sussex Police custody centre since Sunday.

They are Shadi Sami Abdel Gadir, 22, of 20 Fairways flats in Dyke Road, Brighton, Omar Nagmeloin Almagboul, 20, of the same address and Mohamed Kabashi, 23, of no fixed address.

The Argus understands all three are students at Brighton University.

They are charged under Section 38 of the Terrorism Act 2000 with: Between July 21 and July 31, 2005, having information that he knew or believed might be of material assistance in securing the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of another person in the UK for an offence involving the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism, failed to disclose that information as soon as reasonably practicable to a constable.

The three were arrested last weekend along with a woman and three other men who were released without charge.

All seven were at Fairways flats in Dyke Road, Brighton, when Metropolitan and Sussex police swooped early Sunday morning.

Forensic experts have spent all this week searching the Dyke Road flat and a second address, a semi-detached house in Southall Avenue, Moulsecoomb, Brighton.

Experts were also continuing to examine a car found in Hove linked to the July 21 attempted suicide bombings.

The Argus revealed exclusively how a Nissan Primera had been dumped in Goldstone Crescent opposite Hove Park just days before four men tried to blow themselves up on a London bus and on the Tube. No bombs were found in the car.

The first person to be charged in connection with the July 21 attacks was remanded in custody for a week on Thursday.

Ismael Abdurahman, 23, of Kennington, London, is charged with failing to disclose information about suspected Shepherd's Bush bomber Hussain Osman, who is being held in Italy.