A BOMB scare paralysed Accrington shopping centre for three hours after a suspect cardboard box was found in Marks and Spencer.
The alert came only four weeks after the arrest of an alleged terrorist and seizure of Semtex explosives in the town.
The centre was evacuated and bomb squad officers called.
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