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Schools across Cambridgeshire have received bomb threats today (March 19) as part of a hoax targeting schools across the UK.

The hoax threats warn a bomb will be detonated on school grounds unless demands for cash are met.

The email threats are believed to have come from the United States.

Schools across the country have been evacuated after receiving the threats, but no schools in Cambridgeshire are believed to have been evacuated.

A Cambridgeshire police spokesman said: "The email has been received by a number of schools in the county but no evacuations.

"We have advised all schools in the county that this is a hoax."

Elsewhere in the region schools in Suffolk have received the threats and there have been reports of some evacuations, but police have stressed that decisions made to evacuate are down to schools themselves.

Schools in London have also been evacuated and Northumbria Police have confirmed a large number of schools have received threats but were not evacuated, report the Mirror Online.

Which schools have been evacuated?

Schools in London including Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary school in Tolworth and Cardinal Road School in Feltham, west London were evacuated.

Thurston Community College in Suffolk has reportedly been evacuated as well.

Eight schools in Hounslow, west London, have been affected. A council spokesman said: “Several schools are affected in Hounslow.

"Initially we thought it was isolated to one school. But there are eight to date in Hounslow that we are aware of. I can’t say if they have all been evacuated.

“We are monitoring the situation very closely, and working with the police and taking our lead from them.

“Schools have their own protocol in place and its up to them how they respond.”

The threats are not being treated as genuine.

At 11.10am the Metropolitan Police tweeted: "Police are investigating reports of communications made to a number of schools across London today, Monday, 19 March.

"There have been no arrests. Enquiries are ongoing."

North Yorkshire Police have branded the threats a "hoax".

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A spokesman said: "We have had a number of reports this morning about a bomb hoax at many of our schools across the county.

"This is believed to be a national issue.

"Our Cybercrime Unit Detectives, supported by local officers, have looked at these incidents and it is not believed there is any genuine threat.

"We are working with schools to offer reassurance and address any concerns."

A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "We have received reports from a large number of schools in our region they they have received threatening emails.

"The emails inform the school that a bomb has been placed on the grounds and will be detonated if they don't hand over cash.

"Detectives have looked into the emails, which appear to originate from the US, and can confirm there is no viable threat.

"Schools have been visited by police to reassure them that the incident is being treated as a hoax and address any concerns.

"We take all incidents of this nature extremely seriously and an investigation into the emails in question is underway."

More than 350 schools are also shut today due to the severe weather over the weekend.