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Bomb squad probes 'suspicious item' in village

Tom MacDougallNorth East and Cumbria
News imageBBC/Sam Hotson Blue-and-white police tape stretches across a road, behind which is a bright red fire engine, a yellow ambulance, and behind both of these, a white bomb squad van with its rear doors open.BBC/Sam Hotson
About 60 homes have been evacuated in Shield Row

Dozens of villagers have been told to leave their homes and stay away from a street where emergency services are responding to a "suspicious item".

Robert Terrace in Shield Row, Stanley, has been cordoned off while a bomb squad assesses the item, with residents sent to The Louisa Centre in Front Street until they can return.

North East Ambulance Service and County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service say they responded to a support request from Durham Police at 13:00 BST.

They are still on the scene, with the fire service saying it had sent a fire engine and "expected to be there for some time".

Durham Police said about 60 homes had been evacuated.

News imageBBC/Sam Hotson An alternate view of the cordoned-off road, which shows the tape stretching around a building made from red-painted brick on the corner, and another ambulance parked down an ajacent road.BBC/Sam Hotson
Police cordoned off the street at 13:00 BST and residents have not been able to return

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