44 h. ago Yorkshire school on lockdown with students 'barricading themselves in classrooms'

Students updated their parents on the situation via text

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44 h. ago School on 'lockdown' as pupils 'barricade themselves in classroom'

Parents said that students and staff at the school were forced to "barricade doors with metal bars".

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46 h. ago East Riding school on 'lockdown' as students 'barricade themselves in classroom'

A school in the East Riding of Yorkshire was placed in 'lockdown' this morning, with students forced to 'barricade doors with metal bars', a parent said

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46 h. ago Howden School in lockdown over 'gunman' reports as 'kids barricaded in classrooms'

Howden School in Yorkshire was put on lockdown after reports of a 'gunman' one parent has said - it reportedly led to staff and pupils being barricaded inside classrooms

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63 h. ago Update after schools 'put on lockdown' with man arrested after 'making threats'

Two schools implemented lockdown procedures due to the police incident

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68 h. ago Schools sent into immediate 'lockdown' as man 'shouting the street'

Police officers have descended on a street, it has been reported

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68 h. ago Schools sent into immediate 'lockdown' as man 'shouting in the street'

Police officers have descended on a street, it has been reported

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68 h. ago Manchester schools in 'lockdown' over fears for safety as police swarm area

A man in his 40s was subsequently arrested on suspicion of a public order offence, according to Greater Manchester Police - it comes after at least two schools were locked down

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68 h. ago Manchester schools 'on lockdown' as police swoop to protect pupils

At least two schools in Manchester are understood to have gone into 'lockdown' this afternoon - with a man in his 40s arrested on suspicion of a public order offence

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68 h. ago LIVE: Schools 'on lockdown' as man arrested on Greater Manchester street

Threats were reportedly made in the street

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3 d. ago School put on lockdown over man reportedly 'chanting about demons and children'

The police were called to reports of a man acting suspiciously around a school in Solihull at around 3pm yesterday

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3 d. ago Solihull school plunged into lockdown as man 'chants about demons'

Children were put into lockdown at Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School in Solihull after reports of a man said to have been "chanting about demons"

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3 d. ago Solihull primary school in lockdown after man 'chants about demons and children'

Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School in Solihull was placed on lockdown for around 45 minutes after a man was reportedly seen acting suspiciously and 'chanting'

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1 week ago Scared pupils ‘hid under tables’ as UK school placed in 'lockdown' after 'malicious' phone call

The incident took place on Monday afternoon (November 3)

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2 w. ago Migrant murdered restaurant owner in random stabbing attack because his asylum application was rejected

Somalian national Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur, 47, plunged a knife into the chest of father-of-three Gurvinder Singh Johal, 37 at a Lloyds Bank in Derby, before 'calmly' walking out of the branch.

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3 w. ago 'Gunman who triggered school lockdown and left pupils ‘hysterical & sobbing’ was a boy in fancy dress

Officers are in contact with the young boy and his family

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3 w. ago ‘Firearm suspect’ triggering school lockdown turns out to be boy in fancy dress with toy gun

Sussex Police dispatched armed officers in response to a report of a suspected gunman in Bognor Regis on Wednesday morning

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3 w. ago Bognor Regis school put into lockdown after 'gunman' spotted with 'sobbing' children seen scaling fences and parents rushing to the scene

Pupils at a secondary school in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, were described by family as being left upset when kept inside and unable to call parents.

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3 w. ago School put into lockdown after 'gunman' spotted with 'sobbing' children seen scaling fences and parents rushing to the scene

Pupils at a secondary school in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, were described by family as being left upset when kept inside and unable to call parents.

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3 w. ago UK school locked down after 'gunman' saw 'hysterical' pupils scaling fences to escape

A number of schools in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, were forced into lockdown after a man was seen with a suspected firearm in Firth Road earlier today, with armed police now on the hunt

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