Hillside Close Ilkley: Residents evacuated as bomb disposal unit called to street near Leeds
By Alex Grant
Published 22nd Nov 2024, 18:10 BST
Residents have been evacuated from their homes after the bomb disposal unit was called to a street near Leeds.
At 3:51pm today (November 22), police received a report of an old hand grenade having been found during a clear out of a property on Hillside Close, Addingham, Ilkley.
Emergency services have attended the scene and a cordon has been put in place.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “A number of properties have been evacuated as a precaution while Army bomb disposal experts are awaited at the scene.”