Rush-hour traffic was brought to a standstill in Brighton this morning after a bomb alert.
A member of the public raised the alarm just after 7am after spotting a suitcase behind railings in Church Street, close to the Southern Counties Radio offices.
Police set up a 200-metre cordon round the case until Army bomb experts gave the all-clear.
Traffic flows in surrounding streets were disrupted for an hour.
A Sussex police spokeswoman said: "This was a false alarm but we are grateful to the member of the public for being vigilant."
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