Horror as shoppers evacuated from UK town centre over ‘unexploded bomb' sparking huge emergency response
SHOPPERS were urgently evacuated from a town after fears of an "unexploded bomb" sparked a huge emergency response.
Locals in the King's Head pub in Hoveton, Norfolk, had to be evacuated just before 3pm today.
It is believed that there has been a bomb scare and emergency services are currently at the scene, according to Eastern Daily Press.
Shoppers and punters were forced to flee the area.
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