Our local police response team, in co-operation with a Met bomb squad team, detonated a controlled explosion on Streatham Common this morning. The explosion, witnessed by Lee Alley and friends, was about the size of a standard ordinance grenade explosion - slightly larger than big explosive fireworks used on Guy Fawkes night. The detonation was carried out to destroy a suspicious item left on the common partially up the hill near the Streatham Common North side. The Common was cleared of people for the duration of the exercise and a team secured and destroyed the item within minutes. Read more...