RAF Fairford alert: Several arrested, homes evacuated near US air base - key details
Several men were arrested near RAF Fairford on suspicion of violating the Explosives Act. Residents of Whelford were evacuated to a leisure center in Cirencester as police cordoned off the area for an Army explosive ordnance disposal team to assess vehicles. Counter-terrorism police are investigating, but no link to RAF Fairford has been confirmed yet.