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Air freshener disrupts RAF parade | Air freshener disrupts RAF parade |
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A suspicious package which led to an RAF parade being cancelled in Lincolnshire, has turned out to be a phone box air freshener. | A suspicious package which led to an RAF parade being cancelled in Lincolnshire, has turned out to be a phone box air freshener. |
A bomb disposal team exploded the black BT device, which was spotted in the red telephone box in Market Place, Boston, by a worried member of the public. | |
A BT spokesman said air fresheners had been installed in enclosed phone boxes for years without problems. | A BT spokesman said air fresheners had been installed in enclosed phone boxes for years without problems. |
Boston Borough Council is working with the RAF to rearrange the parade. | Boston Borough Council is working with the RAF to rearrange the parade. |
The BT spokesman said: "We do put air fresheners in some phone boxes - we like to make the environment as pleasant as possible for people using a payphone to make a call. | The BT spokesman said: "We do put air fresheners in some phone boxes - we like to make the environment as pleasant as possible for people using a payphone to make a call. |
"Some people have been known to use phone boxes for reasons other than wanting to phone someone. | "Some people have been known to use phone boxes for reasons other than wanting to phone someone. |
"We site the air fresheners discreetly so they don't get vandalised." | "We site the air fresheners discreetly so they don't get vandalised." |
A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: "We had no idea what it was, it was something we'd never encountered before." | A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: "We had no idea what it was, it was something we'd never encountered before." |
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