People evacuated in Belper after explosives scare can now return home

Derbyshire constabulary say search of one property uncovered a number of suspicious items

Residents who had been evacuated in a Derbyshire town after an explosives scare can now return to their homes, police have said.

Several people had to leave their properties and nearby roads were closed after a man was arrested on suspicion of explosives offences at a property in Belper, a town seven miles north of Derby, according to Derbyshire constabulary.