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| Pupils evacuated in school bomb scares | Pupils evacuated in school bomb scares |
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| Three schools in the West Midlands have been evacuated after receiving bomb scare calls. | Three schools in the West Midlands have been evacuated after receiving bomb scare calls. |
| Police said all pupils at Holly Lodge, Oldbury Academy and Bristnall Hall in Sandwell were safe and the council stressed there was "no reason to panic". | Police said all pupils at Holly Lodge, Oldbury Academy and Bristnall Hall in Sandwell were safe and the council stressed there was "no reason to panic". |
| The schools received the threats between 09:00 GMT and 09:30. | The schools received the threats between 09:00 GMT and 09:30. |
| Leasowes High School in Halesowen was also affected, West Midlands Police said. | Leasowes High School in Halesowen was also affected, West Midlands Police said. |
| Follow live updates on this story as they happen | Follow live updates on this story as they happen |
| Sandwell Council leader Darren Cooper said: "We've had a bomb alert in three Sandwell schools... we don't know at this stage where the tip came from." | Sandwell Council leader Darren Cooper said: "We've had a bomb alert in three Sandwell schools... we don't know at this stage where the tip came from." |
| There was no suggestion of any other threat to other schools in Sandwell, the authority said. | There was no suggestion of any other threat to other schools in Sandwell, the authority said. |
| A parent called Steve, who has a son and daughter at Oldbury Academy, told BBC WM the children were told by their teachers to evacuate. | A parent called Steve, who has a son and daughter at Oldbury Academy, told BBC WM the children were told by their teachers to evacuate. |
| "They did not know what was going on, they had no information off the teachers," he said. | "They did not know what was going on, they had no information off the teachers," he said. |
| "They were just scared, because they didn't know exactly what was going on." | "They were just scared, because they didn't know exactly what was going on." |
| Two Oldbury Academy pupils told BBC WM that pupils and teachers were "panicking". | Two Oldbury Academy pupils told BBC WM that pupils and teachers were "panicking". |
| A 15-year-old student said: "A few people were running down the street, running away from the school." | |
| Francesca Spratt, a sixth form student at Bristnall Hall Academy, said a senior member of staff entered her biology class room and asked students to collect their things and leave as quickly as possible. | |
| She said: "Nobody was told why we were being evacuated but all of the students left the school very calmly, there was no running or mass panic." | |
| A pupil at Bristnall Hall said a teacher was "shaking" as she told children to leave. | |
| Sandwell Council said the Harry Mitchell Centre in Broomfield, Smethwick, had been opened as a rest centre for children who weren't able to get home. | |
| Avon and Somerset Police said four bomb hoaxes at schools in the Bristol area were not believed to be linked to the West Midlands alerts. |