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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Ben Quinn and Dan Sabbagh

Police carry out controlled explosions after alert in central London

People standing at a line of police tape, near a row of parked cars, one of which has the boot open
The force said shortly after 2.30pm that a parked vehicle that had caused the alarm was found to be non-suspicious. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

A series of controlled explosions have been carried out in central London after Britain’s busiest shopping area was evacuated.

Bomb disposal teams carried out the detonations after a cordon was put up around the scene in the Regent Street area of central London.

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