Limavady: Residents back home as alert declared a hoax

Image source, Desmond Loughery

Image caption, Traffic diversions were in place in the Mount Eden area

A number of people who had to leave their homes in Limavady due to a security alert have been allowed to return.

The alert began following the discovery of a suspicious object in the Mount Eden area on Thursday afternoon.

It was examined by Army bomb experts and declared an "elaborate hoax", the Police Service of Northern Ireland said.

Residents were allowed to return to their homes shortly after 20:00 GMT.