Police in Birmingham in the Midlands are evacuating the city centre.
Earlier they issued a warning they had received intelligence suggesting a threat to the area.
“Our response needs to be proportionate in the action we’re taking and in informing the public,” a spokeswoman for West Midlands Police said.
Police are now closing down the Birmingham Broad street entertainment zone and asking people to go home. A statement will be released shortly.
Hopefully a false alarm, but more will undoubtably appear at BBC News.
[Edit: a controlled explosion has taken place on a bus, looks like a false alarm. I wouldn’t even dare to suggest that performing a controlled explosion on Birmingham itself now that it’s nice and empty would be advantageous to all…]
I went to abbeyfield festival in burngreave on sunday, usually a fun filled affair and i was really looking forward to zion train playing…
..then about 4.pm we were all evacuated with a bomb scare…
…now I do not know if someone hoaxed this or wether their was genuine concern…
…but, i did feel a twinge of fear as we all left the area, later rational thought said “hoax – bastards…”
..then again, felt sorry for the people in london who suffered the real thing.
…some people really fucking suck.