Staff from a call centre were evacuated after a bomb scare.

Dozens of workers from the Woolwich Open Plan call centre in Jackson Road, Clacton, were told to leave on Saturday night.

Police said someone had called the centre at 10.30pm saying there was a bomb in the building.

Staff were immediately evacuated and the police were called.

The centre's own security team and the police checked over the building but found no trace of anything suspicious and staff were allowed in at just after 11pm.

Published Monday, August 4, 2003

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