More than 100 homes evacuated after bomb squad deployed in former pit village
by Dave Higgens
May 08, 2024
3 minutes
More than 100 homes have been evacuated in a former pit village after an Army bomb squad was deployed in the wake of a police operation.
South Yorkshire Police established a 100-metre cordon around a property in Grimethorpe, Barnsley, on Wednesday morning after “a number of suspicious items” were found as police executed a warrant on Brierley Road.
Later the force said about 130 homes were being evacuated
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