A TESCO superstore in Peterborough has reportedly been evacuated over a "suspicious package" as locals claimed the bomb squad has been called to a street in another part of the city.

       Shoppers said they were asked to leave the supermarket and nearby shops in Serpentine Green, Hampton just before 9pm.

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       Local buses are not stopping at Serpentine Green shopping centre due to an 'ongoing incident' Credit: Google Maps

       One said on Twitter: "Hampton Tesco evacuated due to suspicious package."

       Another eyewitness said "loads of police" and a helicopter descended on the superstore.

       They added: "Some sort of security threat going on at Tesco Hampton."

       Oliver Needham, who was with his wife at the shopping centre, said he was told to go outside to the car park.

       Mr Needham said he saw a member of staff wearing an NHS Test and Trace jacket speaking to someone inside Boots, and he was told they were evacuating the building, Cambridgeshire Live reports.

       He said he went towards the exit by The Works and another person wearing an NHS jacket asked him to go outside to the car park.

       Stagecoach confirmed buses are currently unable to stop at the shopping centre due to an "ongoing incident" at the supermarket.

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       In a statement on Twitter, Stagecoach East said: "Due to an ongoing incident at Tesco Hampton, we are unable to serve Serpentine Green.

       "We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused."

       Meanwhile, six miles away from the supermarket, a local resident said a bomb squad had been scrambled to Burmer Road.

       One Twitter user said: "Why has the Bomb Squad just arrived at Burmer Road, Peterborough?"

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