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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T14:38:06.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nBirmingham residents were evacuated from their homes this afternoon as police and Army bomb disposal units recovered \"a number of suspicious items\" at a property.\n\nArmed officers responded to Hollymoor Way in Northfield, with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit sent to the street at around 2pm.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nWest Midlands Police said: \"As part of an ongoing investigation, officers have today been carrying out a search at an address on Hollymoor Way.\n\n\"This afternoon, a number of suspicious items were found at the address. As a result, the Army's EOD team have been called as a precaution. Officers remain at the scene this afternoon.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"As a precaution several homes have been evacuated while searches take place.\"\n\n_**MORE TO FOLLOW...**_\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Teacher sacked from one of England's best schools over 'relationship with teenage boy'\n  * Hit-and-run incident leaves bystander with life-threatening injuries after car hits pedestrians\n  * ‘Queer Tamil immigrant’ elected as Green MSP to pocket £77k a year despite not having right to work\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Britons evacuated from homes as Army bomb disposal unit recovers 'suspicious items' at property"
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