Vehicle trips into or within the cordon area were projected to fall by 100, 000 a day and the average traffic speed to increase by 7%.

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Officials were seen rushing towards the buildings to cordon off the area.

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But he said the shortage of specialist officers would exacerbate the measures needed to maintain a cordon in an inner city area to prevent contamination being spread.

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East Park Road, at its junction with Leicester Street and Nottingham Road, remained closed for most of Tuesday as officers carried out further inquiries and a cordon would remain around the area, officers said.

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But a subsequent cordon and search operation in the same area unearthed the ragged, bearded fugitive.

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Student George Philip Todhunter Bramley, 20, from Gillingham in Norfolk: arrested and charged for Section 14 of the Public Order Act - breach of cordon and demonstrating in a non-designated area.

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Police set up a cordon at the church to conduct a further search of the area.

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