SCENE: Police sniffer dogs were deployed to investigate the package
THE Bolton News broadcast live via Facebook.com/theboltonnews during this afternoon’s town centre evacuation.
Watch the videos to see how the town centre was affected while police responded to reports of suspect package in Victoria Square.
You can also see a gallery of pictures from the incident here and follow ongoing coverage of our live blog here.
There is a full report of the incident here.
The evacuation commenced at around 12.30pm.
A cordon more than 200 metres wide was put in place and the Bolton News offices were among those to be evacuated.
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