Residents were evacuated from their homes for a number of hours after a 'suspicious item' sparked a bomb squad response in Oldham .

Emergency crews, including police and the fire service, attended the incident on Block Lane, near to Oxford Street, in the Chadderton area on Monday afternoon (November 3).

A large cordon was put in place before locals were urged to evacuate their homes amid the major response.

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Greater Manchester Police confirmed they had been called out to reports of a 'suspicious item' in a nearby house, with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit (EOD) also attending the scene. View 2 Images

One resident, named Ambia, said that when she returned home from the school run just after 3pm, police were on

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