THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Large parts of central London have been cordoned off after Irish republican dissidents issued a bomb threat, police have disclosed.
Bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion as a security alert closed down the centre of the capital around Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square.
A suitcase was discovered abandoned outside a hotel and was destroyed in a controlled explosion at 9.30am.
It comes a day before the Queen is scheduled to make her first ever visit to the Republic of Ireland.
Security was heightened after a "non-specific" threat was issued to authorities last night.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "A bomb threat warning has been received relating to central London today. The threat is not specific in relation to location or time." » | Monday, May 16, 2011
