Raids timeline

THIS is how yesterday’s raids in connection with the London bombings last week unfolded.

0630: Anti-terror police carried out raids on four addresses in Leeds and the surrounding area: Stratford Street, in the south Leeds area of Beeston.

Colenso Mount, in the neighbouring Holbeck area in south Leeds.

Lees Holm, in Dewsbury, near Wakefield, south of Leeds.

Thornhill Park Avenue, just a few minutes walk from Lees Holm, also in Dewsbury.

A little afterwards, they raid 51 Colwyn Road, also in Beeston and just a few minutes’ walk from Stratford Street.

Police tape also sealed off a number of cars parked nearby, including two Mercedes and a red Volkswagen car parked directly outside the house.

0900: The police operation, the first linked directly to the bombings, was publicly announced by Scotland Yard Commissioner Sir Ian Blair.

He said: “There have been a series of searches carried out in Yorkshire. Those searches are still going on.

“There’s very little else I can say at the moment, but this activity is directly connected to the outrages on Thursday.”

1130: Some 500 to 600 people are evacuated from homes and shops, and six roads are cordoned off around Alexandra Road in the Hyde Park Road area of Burley, in north Leeds.

1320: Army personnel carried out a controlled explosion at an undisclosed address in the Hyde Park Road area so that a property could be searched for explosives.

1445: Police evacuated Luton railway station and car park to recover a vehicle suspected of links with the attacks.

A 100-metre cordon was placed around the train station.

1600: British Prime Minister Tony Blair being “kept fully informed”.