- Security alert now over and people are being let into the hospital - awaiting official confirmation
- Whipps Cross University Hospital was in complete lockdown
- Ambulances were diverted
- Patients and staff were not evacuated
- Police sniffer dogs searched the site
- Patients attending appointments were turned away
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