A street in Essex has been evacuated after suspicious items were found inside a property following a dispute between neighbours, police say.

Essex Police rushed to the scene in Brentwood around 7.20 am on Friday after reports of a neighbourhood dispute in Sawyers Grove. It was reported that a door had been damaged.

A man and woman were arrested after officers attended the scene and forced entry to an address. They remain in custody, police said, but did not say what they were arrested on suspicion of.

Around 40 homes have been evacuated and a 100-metre cordon is in place as a precaution while the emergency services work at the scene. Police implemented the cordon after discovering a small number of items which they claimed “required specialist assessment”.

Explosive ordnance disposal experts were called to the scene to establish what the ”suspicious items” are.…