Cordon lifted after Royal Navy bomb disposal team called to West Street, Fareham as shopping precinct is evacuated by police

Bomb disposal experts from the Royal Navy have been scrambled to the West Street to tackle the ongoing situation.

Police have enforced a 100m cordon of the popular shopping district.

It follows the discovery of a suspicious package, Hampshire Constabulary confirmed.

See our live blog below for more coverage of the incident

Footage from the scene shows hundreds of shoppers having been evacuated from the scene.

Police were called just after 12pm and the cordon was lifted at around 4pm.

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