{"id":787964,"date":"2026-10-01T00:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T00:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/787964\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T00:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T00:12:09","slug":"worle-homes-evacuated-as-bomb-unit-checks-suspicious-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/787964\/","title":{"rendered":"Worle homes evacuated as bomb unit checks &#8216;suspicious items&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A total of 153 properties have been evacuated while a bomb disposal unit investigates &#8220;suspicious substances and items&#8221; at a property in Weston-super-Mare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit was called to Becket Road in Worle on Wednesday afternoon and a 100-metre (328ft) cordon was set up in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Avon and Somerset Police said they had arrested a man in his 70s on suspicion of fraud by false representation at a property on Becket Road earlier, where they found &#8220;suspicious substances and items&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A refuge centre has been set up at Castle Batch Children&#8217;s Centre. Police said they were &#8220;working hard and at pace to try and resolve this issue as quickly and as safely as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Roads affected by the cordon include Becket Road, Wesley Drive, Courtenay Walk, Becket Drive, Christian Close, The Larches, Cabot Way and Wynter Close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson from the force said: &#8220;A total of 153 properties have been displaced in and around Becket Road, in Worle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are working closely with colleagues at North Somerset Council to ensure those evacuated have suitable support in place and are kept regularly updated at the refuge centre.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A total of 153 properties have been evacuated while a bomb disposal unit investigates &#8220;suspicious substances and items&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-787964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}