Just heard on the radio that pubs and bars in Birmingham city centre are being evacuated

[lemonice]

due to police intelligence..

alert is now major

is that confirmed huggy????

I'm sure sky just said controlled explosion was thought to be okay.

which hotel and bar huggy?

was just on heart fm radio station. 100.7

they didnt say, just said a hotel in the center

they are still saying it isn't connected to the London bombs. They said on sky news a member of the public contacted them.
No mention of explosives found, will keep checking news though.

Lost heart Fm - the office is on broad street so has been evacuatde. transferred to heart london.

There's been no more news on Brum Heart in past 10 mins

my friends birthday tomorrow so thought she would be out in city centre tonight so I text her. SHe had been at Mailbox but was evacuated so nearer home on Hagley Road now

Kind of connected....earlier today we were heading out of manchester on the motorway and we were passed in the opposite direction by a police bomb disposal van with its lights flashing, closely followed by 5 police vans. we wondered what the hell was happening.i think the police are being very alert to any possible danger.
i read in the paper that there is a fear that the people who carried out the attacks on thursday will feel that as they have blown their cover they will carry out more attacks before they are caught.I would soon be evacuated froma hundred shops or pubs than be caught up in anything like thursday.

any updates?

I'm scared now. I'm supposed to be on a hen do in Brum centre in a couple of weeks and I don't feel like going into any centre atm. Too scarey.

I know you shouldn't let it affect your life, but I've just heard that my MIL's best friend's daughter was in the Kings Cross blast - I don't want to say what happened to her but it's horrific and will impact on her life from this day forward .

last I heard was the controlled explosion was following a phonecall from a member of the public. The officers now believe the item destroyed didn't pose a threat.

No more mention of it on sky news at the moment.

GDG about your friend's DD.

I live in a city centre. Not 1100% confortable with that right now. Wish the apartment would sell quick. But I am sure I will settle with time.

GDG about your news

It's awful to think that there will be some who will suffer because of that day for the rest of their lives.

there are bound to be many false alarms following the bombs in London. the real thing tends to take all by surprise. controlled explosions are rarely carried out on live devices.

GDG - why not try a smaller town instead of city centee?

I dont know whether to post this hear or where the hell to post it. Am on the edge of panic for the last couple of days cause of my friend and now this, feel sick and hes probably dead and can i need a big hug.

{{{{{}}}}} to you HH

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Is your friend an MNer (am losing track of the threads) HH? Sorry to hear you havent heard yet

Jampots - it's a package thing, all arranged.

HH - I've not been on a while - is your friend missing?

I'm still in shock about this person I've heard about - I don't actually know her but my MIL does. She'll be in a wheelchair

Forgot your hug HH {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}