Security alerts in Bangor and west Belfast over
A bomb alert in Bangor, County Down, has ended and been declared a hoax.
A number of homes were evacuated in Stratford Gardens and Stratford Drive while a suspect object was investigated.
Residents have now been allowed to return to their homes.
An earlier security alert at a business park in the Blackstaff Way area of west Belfast is also over. It started after police received reports of a suspicious vehicle near the premises.
Police said nothing untoward was found.