Manchester emergency: Residents evacuated as bomb squad scrambled to major incident

Emergency services of the Greater Manchester Police including the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit (EOD) have rushed on the scene at Owen Street. A number of flats in Deansgate Square have been evacuated as a safety precaution while the assessment is ongoing. A resident of the flats has written on Twitter: “‘Explosive device found in one of the towers’ is what I heard”