UPDATE: Incident at Grand Hotel in Scarborough was 'bomb hoax'

Police say an incident in Scarborough earlier has been brought to a safe conclusion.

At around 10.15am today (Monday 4th October), the Grand Hotel received a telephone call with what has now been proven to be a bomb hoax.

Emergency services attended the area and evacuated the building and, the surrounding buildings, and put up a cordon as a precautionary measure.

North Yorkshire Police said:

"Specialist teams conducted thorough checks of the building and surrounding area and have found no evidence of any threat to public safety. Access to the building has now been authorised, staff and guests have been allowed to return and the cordon has been removed.

"The safety of everyone in the area and the emergency services who attended is our priority and we thank the staff, guests of the hotel and members of the public for their patience while we worked to establish the circumstances around the incident."

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