Central London District of Regent Street Evacuated Due to Bomb Scare

Regent Avenue, one among central London‘s busiest buying districts and likewise house to quite a few arts and media corporations, has been evacuated resulting from a suspected bomb.

The evacuation happened round 2 p.m. native time after a automobile parked exterior Hamley’s toy retailer aroused suspicion.

“Highway closures are in place within the neighborhood of Regent Avenue and New Burlington Avenue whereas officers examine a suspicious car,” Metropolis of Westminster Police stated in an announcement. “Officers have carried out quite a few managed explosions as a precautionary measure.”

Round 10 minutes later, the Metropolis of Westminster Police added that the incident had now “been totally stood down” and “the car was discovered to be non-suspicious.”

Footage posted on social media confirmed the road has been cordoned off with tape and police stopping pedestrians and automobiles from progressing by way of it. Some witnesses reported listening to a loud “growth” close by.

As one of the well-known roads in London, Regent Avenue has appeared in quite a few TV reveals and movies, most lately the Robbie Williams biopic “Higher Man.” In a scene that has been closely praised by audiences, Williams — portrayed as a CGI monkey — dances down Regent Avenue to his 2000 hit “Rock DJ” accompanied by a reported 300 extras.

The well-known highway is house to quite a few flagship retail shops together with Apple, Microsoft, H&M, Burberry and iconic toy retailer Hamleys.

Additional alongside the road can also be the Regent Avenue Cinema, nicknamed the “birthplace of British cinema.” It opened in 1848, exhibiting the U.Okay.’s first movement image and is regularly employed out for premieres and Q&A screenings. The cinema is throughout the highway from the BBC’s London HQ, New Broadcasting Home, at Langham Place.

Further reporting by Alex Ritman.