A second person has been arrested after more than 100 homes were evacuated in a former pit Yorkshire village as an Army bomb squad was deployed following the discovery of “a number of suspicious items” at a property.
South Yorkshire Police said around 130 homes near to the address in Grimethorpe, Barnsley, were evacuated on Wednesday morning after police executed a warrant on Brierley Road.
The 100-metre cordon established by the force has now been reduced to include just three homes and other residents have been allowed to return to their homes, police said.
The new cordon is anticipated to remain in place for 72 hours and Barnsley Council has opened a rest centre at St Luke’s Church for those with nowhere else to go.
