Homes evacuated after 'training grenades' found

Eastern Avenue in Peterborough was cordoned off while police investigated

Properties were evacuated after police discovered what they believed to be grenades.

Officers attended a house in Eastern Avenue, Peterborough, and found "suspicious devices".

Neighbours were asked to leave their homes and a cordon was put in place while investigations were carried out.

But the emergency response was stood down after the suspected grenades were determined to be "training devices".

Cordon lifted

"The grenades have been assessed by bomb disposal experts and identified as training devices that pose no threat," a police spokesman said.

"They have been removed from the scene, the cordon lifted and officers have now left the area."

David Harman, 70, said he was told there was "a bomb scare" before people were asked to leave.

Another resident posted on social media that her elderly grandparents had been displaced while the scene was investigated.