LONDON: A shipyard in northern England that builds Britain’s nuclearsubmarines was evacuated after what a local news website said was a bombwarning.
“As a precaution, the Devonshire Dock Complex has been closed,” aspokeswoman for BAE Systems said. “Staff, contractors and local residentsare being kept informed.”
Ambulances were on the scene.
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An unidentified source told The Mail, a Barrow-in-Furness-based publicationknown previously as the North-West Evening Mail, that staff had beenevacuated after a warning about a bomb on an Astute-class nuclear attacksubmarine.
