direct to your inboxBomb disposal experts were called to deal with “suspicious items” found close to a church in Tameside this afternoon.Expert officers were called to help police at the scene, close to Holy Trinity Church, on Dean Street, in Ashton-under-Lyne.The bomb disposal crew was called “as a precaution”, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.Nobody has been injured and enquiries are ongoing.Police were called at around 1.40pm this afternoon (January 7), a GMP spokesperson said.“At around 1.40pm on Thursday 7 January 2021, police were called to reports that suspicious items had been found outside a church on Dean Street in Ashton-under-Lyne," they said.“Officers are in attendance and bomb disposal officers have been called as a.
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