Live updates: Egyptians take to Tahrir for 25 January anniversary

Follow our blow-by-blow as we document the marches and protests across Egypt and her squares on today's one year anniversary of the momentous Day of Rage

10:45 Security forces and military personnel are notoriously absent from Tahrir, and as such, the square's entrances are being secured by popular committees, whose constituents consist mainly of Muslim Brotherhood members. Ahram Online spoke to one of the Brotherhood's members on security duty, Hassan Mostafa, who stated he and his peers came only to secure the square and nothing more.
It wouldn't be Tahrir without its street peddlers who are out in hordes. Large banners are draped across the central traffic island: some bearing the photos of the "martyrs" and others with anti-military slogans.
Tens of Al-Azhar sheikhs arrived in the iconic square at around 10pm, holding aloft photos of Emad Effat, the cleric killed by the military during December's Cabinet clashes which saw the latter pitted against anti-SCAF protesters. The clerics chanted "We're free revolutionaries and we'll carry on our course."
Labour lawyer and Revolutionary Socialists member Haitham Mohamedein told Ahram Online that he is not demanding the handover of power to the People's Assembly. Rather he is calling for the ruling SCAF to simply be brought down.
10:30Droves of protesters have been making their way to Tahrir Square since late last night despite an outpouring of rain, according to our correspondent in the square. Numbers are estimated to have reached the tens of thousands. As of now, there are three major podiums situated at Hardee's fast-food restaurant, Omar Makram Mosque and Qasr El-Nil Bridge; other stages are being erected.
The stage at Omar Makram Mosque has become a platform for around 30 political groups, including the Democratic Front, the April 6 Youth Movement and the Revolutionary Socialists.
It seems the day has begun in high spirits – it is too early to call whether this is renewed revolutionary fervour, as large groups of gathered protesters chant “Down with the military rule.” Our reporter in the square tells us that many protesters are calling the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to hand over power to the newly elected People's Assembly.
10:00It's been a year since Egyptian protesters took to the streets on 25 January, Egypt's Police Day, and triggered a storm of heated demonstrations across the country that would lead, 18-days later, to the toppling of president Hosni Mubarak. Egypt's Day of Rage, inspired in part by the Tunisian uprising, grew out of youth initiatives aimed at targeting police brutality following the brutal murder of a young man named Khaled Said in Alexandria by plainclothes policemen. That fateful day, however, seemed to have deeper roots; it took the country by surprise and was able to mobilise thousands of Egyptians from all walks of life in a wave of protests that have ebbed and flowed over the past year. As Egyptians again take to the iconic protest grounds of Tahrir Square, we will keep you up to date on today's momentous anniversary.