Bomb scare in town?

[phillvr6]

I'm hearing rumours of a bomb scare in London...is this just chinese whispers?

[10 Pence Short]

How else are you supposed to get 42 days passed by the Lords?

It's Parliament Act time!

[DeadMeat_UK]

It's olympic parade - so I imagine security forces very touchy.

It stopped outside my office in Fleet St for 10 minutes @ 11:40ish with lots of radio action from plod so maybe something to the rumour.

[cottonfoo]

A few helicopters following, roads blocked off temporarily, Cannon St is eerie with no cars on it.

[ChristianZS]

BANG!

Whats going on then?

[SirTainly]

Cannon St was part of the parade route no?

[Vesuvius 996]

There's a small part of me that wishes someone would blow the bl00dy parade up.

Olympics my hairy ball sack.

[mitzy]

Vesuvius 996 said:

There's a small part of me that wishes someone would blow the bl00dy parade up.

Olympics my hairy ball sack.

Hold that thought !!!!;)

[MentalSarcasm]

$50 says someone has misplaced their lunch (or left a briefcase with the personal information of 1000 NHS patients) and so it's being treated as a potential bomb.

Bomb squad will destroy it and get bits of apple core and a half eaten sandwich everywhere.

[The Londoner]

There has been a copper chopper buzzing around very busily for a while to the east of where my office is so that's looking towards South Kensington/Knightsbridge. Perhaps M.Al-Fayed Esq has spontaneously combusted?

[Blib]

Could have sworn I saw an Apache flying over North London at about 11 a.m.

[SirTainly]

Blib said:

Could have sworn I saw an Apache flying over North London at about 11 a.m.

You did. It flew past our window several times.

Was flying around the other week too, think it's one of the Longbow ones.

Edited by SirTainly on Thursday 16th October 15:18

[Blib]

Does anyone know why? I've not noticed Apaches over London ever before.

[cottonfoo]

SirTainly said:

Cannon St was part of the parade route no?

Yeah.

There are quite a few Apaches, Chinooks and other military type helicopters each week around here so nothing special, nice to watch though.

[furtive]

Blib said:

Does anyone know why? I've not noticed Apaches over London ever before.

They are going to the same place that the Chinooks go to I expect. I assume you've seen those? They go here IIRC:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&ge...

Or Battersea heliport

[Blib]

furtive said:

Blib said:

Does anyone know why? I've not noticed Apaches over London ever before.

They are going to the same place that the Chinooks go to I expect. I assume you've seen those? They go here IIRC:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&ge...

Or Battersea heliport

What's the map trying to show me?

[Motorrad]

Which town? There is more than one.

[Justayellowbadge]

Motorrad said:

Which town? There is more than one.

You are correct.

Technically.

[furtive]

Blib said:

What's the map trying to show me?

Bunhill Fields TA Centre IIRC

[juice]

When I used to work in London my office window used to overlook that field...Never got much work done consequently - was brilliant though, watching Chinooks come in...

Are they still called the HAC ?