Eurostar chaos: Eurostar halts London-Paris trains for rest of day after unexploded Second World War bomb found in Paris

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Eurostar has suspended services between London and Paris for the rest of Friday after the discovery of an unexploded Second World War bomb near tracks in the French capital. #eurostar

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00:00Hello, my name's Greg Wright of the Yorkshire Post, a major update on a breaking story.

00:06Eurostar has suspended services between London and Paris for the rest of Friday after the

00:13discovery of an unexploded Second World War bomb near the tracks in the French capital.

00:22Thousands of passengers faced disruption as the cross-channel operator was scheduled to

00:27run 32 trains in either direction on Friday.

00:32Eurostar said in a statement,

00:35Due to the discovery last night of an unexploded bomb from the Second World War during work

00:41carried out on the tracks in Saint-Denis, traffic has been completely halted to and

00:46from Gare du Nord.

00:49As a result, all Eurostar trains are cancelled to and from Paris today.

00:55My name's Greg Wright, I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.

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