An area of Waterloo Station this afternoon was sealed off after reports an evacuation following a "suspicious package" being found.
The incident came after a number of other "security alerts" were reported today (March 3) at Heathrow Airport's operations centre and at London City Airport.
Specialist teams from British Transport Police are at Waterloo station after a suspicion item was discovered.
— British Transport Police (@BTP) March 5, 2019
The station is open and train services are running. A small cordon is in place. @NetworkRail @SW_Help
British Transport Police confirmed it has deployed specialist officers to the scene, where an area has been cordoned off.
A tweet from the official Heathrow Airport account earlier confirmed an "incident at a building near the airport boundary" which led to staff being evacuated.
At approximately 12.10hrs today, Tuesday, 5 March, police were called to a report of a suspicious package at London City Airport Aviation House, Royal Docks, #Newham. Specialist officers are at the scene. The building has been evacuated as a precaution. Enquiries are ongoing.
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) March 5, 2019
Flights were not affected by the incident and it is believed the operations centre was the evacuated building.
Hi there, thanks for tweeting. Earlier today we responded to reports of an incident at a building near the airport boundary. Emergency services attended the incident quickly and staff were evacuated safely.
— Heathrow Airport (@HeathrowAirport) March 5, 2019
The Woolwich DLR and other routes into London City Airport were also suspended earlier today, but have since started to run again.
More information as we get it.
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