5 h. ago Stockport station evacuation sparks huge delays over 'suspicious' empty suitcase

Train passengers and locals told of 'chaos' after emergency services descended on Greek Street in Stockport following reports of an item police investigated as a potential 'device'

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6 h. ago Bomb disposal unit deployed to railway station as 'do not travel' warning issued

Army experts and police officers responded to reports of a 'suspicious' item on a footbridge

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7 h. ago "It was chaos with people running": Trains stranded and stations evacuated as bomb squad called to 'suspicious suitcase'

A 200m cordon was erected with Stockport train station evacuated after a suitcase was found abandoned and sparked chaos

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7 h. ago Police issue statement after Stockport station evacuated and bomb disposal teams called to 'suspicious' suitcase

All trains were stopped through the station and nearby homes were evacuated

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8 h. ago 'Do not travel' warning issued after 'suspicious' suitcase sees bomb disposal teams called to Stockport station

Trains have been held around Stockport train station after a "suspicious" item was found

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8 h. ago Stockport station LIVE: Bomb squad race to 'suspicious item' as trains cancelled

A cordon is in place at Stockport train station this evening, with bomb disposal crews at the scene - there are reports that nearby homes have been evacuated along Greek Street

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8 h. ago Stockport station LIVE: People hide in pub as bomb squad called and trains axed

A cordon was place at Stockport train station this evening, with bomb disposal crews at the scene - people were evacuated and hit in pubs after a 'suspicious' suitcase was found

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9 h. ago LIVE: Cordon in place and bomb disposal units called to 'suspicious' suitcase on Stockport train station footbridge

A cordon is in place, trains have been cancelled and nearby homes have been evacuated

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9 h. ago LIVE: Bomb disposal units called to 'suspicious' suitcase on Stockport train station footbridge

A cordon was in place, trains cancelled and nearby homes have been evacuated

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11 h. ago Washington Airport LIVE: All flights grounded at US airport after 'bomb threat'

All flights have been grounded at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport following a 'security issue' as passengers were seen being evacuated from a plane

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18 h. ago Rachel Reeves speech LIVE: Chancellor accused of 'waffle bomb' as she rolls ground for Budget tax rises

Rachel Reeves has said the Budget will focus on ‘getting inflation falling’ and ‘creating the conditions for interest rate cuts’

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21 h. ago Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance

The story of hot tea and unconsummated love hails from a very different era – and was far from easy to make. Yet it remains a key influence for film-makers from Sofia Coppola to Celine Song, James Ivory to Greta GerwigThe first time David Lean’s 1945 romantic masterpiece was shown to the public, the audience were in stitches. It not being a comedy, this was far from ideal. The director was so embarrassed, he returned to his hotel planning to break into the film lab and burn the negative at the earliest opportunity.Eighty years on, the legacy of Brief Encounter has proved anything but. First, its train station setting and ubiquity on British TV led to parodies by everyone from Victoria Wood to Birds Eye ready meals. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago London Bridge RECAP as police swarm train station and people 'evacuated'

London Bridge RECAP as police swarm train station and people 'evacuated'  The Mirror

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32 h. ago London Bridge station evacuated after man spotted 'behaving suspiciously' on train

London Bridge evacuated for ‘short period of time’ on Monday evening

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33 h. ago London Bridge evacuated: Police swarm major UK train station after unspecified incident

London Bridge evacuated: Police swarm major UK train station after unspecified incident  GB News

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33 h. ago London Bridge LIVE as police swarm train station and people 'evacuated'

Police responded to an incident at London Bridge station this evening with people taking to social media to claim passengers were evacuated from platforms

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33 h. ago Police swarm London Bridge station as passengers 'evacuated' over 'suspicious man'

British Transport Police have confirmed they were called to reports of a man 'behaving suspiciously' on a train from St Albans. The train was stopped at London Bridge while officers carried out a full search of the train

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35 h. ago Oldham incident LIVE as bomb squad race to street and home evacuated

Emergency services raced to a residential street in Oldham this evening - a bomb assessment robot device has been pictured at the scene

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35 h. ago Oldham incident RECAP as bomb squad race to street and homes evacuated

Emergency services rushed to a residential street in Oldham this evening, where a bomb assessment robot was pictured at the scene

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35 h. ago LIVE: Street cordoned off and bomb squad called to scene amid ongoing incident

Police, fire crews and paramedics are in attendance along with explosives teams

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