#Latest news with #abandonedVehicleThe Sun2 days agoPoliticsThe SunNo10 plunged into lockdown moments after Reeves' Spending Review as cops probe ‘abandoned vehicle' near Downing StreetTHE Prime Minister's Office was plunged into lockdown this afternoon. Downing Street staff were huddled in secure rooms at No10 as police investigated an "abandoned vehicle". 2 They were forced to down tools working on the Spending Review while police resolved the incident. City of Westminster Police closed off Parliament Street with a cordon starting at the entrance to Westminster Underground Station. Four police vans also blocked the route to the official residence of Sir Keir Starmer. A spokesperson for City of Westminster Police said: "A cordon is in place at the southern end of Whitehall as a precautionary measure while officers investigate an abandoned vehicle in the vicinity of Downing Street. "It is not linked to a separate road traffic collision involving a coach and a pedestrian in nearby Abingdon Street." It came after a serious collision involving a pedestrian and a bus on nearby Abingdon Street. Emergency services were already on the scene responding to reports of a person trapped beneath a bus. The incident occurred near Abingdon Street Gardens, just steps from key government buildings and Westminster Abbey. London Air Ambulance were also called to the incident at lunchtime.
The Sun2 days agoPoliticsThe SunNo10 plunged into lockdown moments after Reeves' Spending Review as cops probe ‘abandoned vehicle' near Downing StreetTHE Prime Minister's Office was plunged into lockdown this afternoon. Downing Street staff were huddled in secure rooms at No10 as police investigated an "abandoned vehicle". 2 They were forced to down tools working on the Spending Review while police resolved the incident. City of Westminster Police closed off Parliament Street with a cordon starting at the entrance to Westminster Underground Station. Four police vans also blocked the route to the official residence of Sir Keir Starmer. A spokesperson for City of Westminster Police said: "A cordon is in place at the southern end of Whitehall as a precautionary measure while officers investigate an abandoned vehicle in the vicinity of Downing Street. "It is not linked to a separate road traffic collision involving a coach and a pedestrian in nearby Abingdon Street." It came after a serious collision involving a pedestrian and a bus on nearby Abingdon Street. Emergency services were already on the scene responding to reports of a person trapped beneath a bus. The incident occurred near Abingdon Street Gardens, just steps from key government buildings and Westminster Abbey. London Air Ambulance were also called to the incident at lunchtime.
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