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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Olivia Williams

Liverpool University graduation disrupted as people evacuated

A Liverpool University graduation was disrupted on Friday morning due to people being evacuated.

In a tweet today a spokesperson for The University of Liverpool said the Yoko Ono Lennon Centre on the corner of Grove Street and Oxford Street was evacuated as a "precaution" due to "smell of gas outside" the building. The spokesperson also apologised for "disruption" of a graduation which was happening this morning.

They said they were "working hard" to resolve this. The full statement said: "Due to a smell of gas outside the Yoko Ono Lennon Centre, the building has been temporarily evacuated for precaution. We are very sorry for the disruption to this morning's graduation ceremony and we’re working hard to resolve this. As soon as we have more info we'll update you."

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