Police investigate reports of 'suspicious packages' at Waterloo Station and London City Airport

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Police investigate reports of 'suspicious packages' at Waterloo Station and London City Airport
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A building near Heathrow Airport was also evacuated today.

File photo of Waterloo Station, London. Image: Shutterstock/4kclips File photo of Waterloo Station, London. Image: Shutterstock/4kclips THE MET POLICE are investigating reports of incidents at three public transport locations in London this afternoon, two of which involve suspicious packages.

At approximately 12.10pm, police received a report of a suspicious package at London City Airport Aviation House in Newham.London City Airport clarified that the airport is operating as normal, flights are not impacted and the DLR is fully operational. Specialist teams from British Transport Police were sent to Waterloo Station after a suspicion item was discovered.A building near Heathrow Airport was also affected by an incident today; that building was evacuated. Flights are not impacted, the airport said.

Earlier today we responded to reports of an incident at a building near the airport boundary. Emergency services attended the incident quickly and staff were evacuated safely.

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