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People forced to leave homes due to security alert

News imageBBC A police officer stands with his back to the camera - in front of him is a police car with battenberg markings. Behind the car is a brown-brick house with a small window, a brown PVC door and another window beside it. A street sign on the house reads "Cambridge Street".BBC
Police have asked people to avoid Canning Place and the surrounding areas

A number of people have been forced to leave their homes due to a security alert in north Belfast.

Police are at the scene of the incident in Canning Place.

The public has been asked to avoid the area.