UPDATE COUNTY NEWS: Flats 'made safe' after 'potentially explosive' items are found

By The Newsroom

Published 14th Apr 2018, 12:09 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 03:57 BST

Residents have now been allowed home after the discovery of 'hazardous and potentially explosive' items saw a 12 storey block of flats in central Brighton evacuated this morning, police confirmed.

Officers arrived at Highleigh on Grove Hill at 7.20am and the flat has been made safe, police said.Detective Superintendent Carwyn Hughes said: "Thank you to everyone for their patience."

Residents Brighton