1.   Police evacuated hotel guests after staff received a bomb threat.

2.   Police evacuated nearby buildings and cordoned off the area while they defused the bomb.

3.   Police evacuated the area before the bomb exploded, causing only minor damage.

4.   Police evacuated the area.

5.   Police evacuated the immediate area and began a meticulous search for other bombs after the second explosion.

6.   The police evacuated the theatre and the prefect of police banned the show.

7.   A security cordon was thrown round Oxford City Centre bringing it to a virtual halt as police evacuated thousands of shopperss, workers from offices and college students.

8.   Police were still evacuating hotel guests and residents, including many pensioners, from nearby homes to safety when the detonator went off.

9.   There were similar conditions in Suffolk where police evacuated low-lying properties in Southwold and Aldeburgh and many coastal roads were closed by flooding.

10.   As a precautionary measure, the police evacuated buildings on either side of the brownstone, he said.