''THE Big Brother house was evacuated last night after a police sniffer dog discovered traces of explosives. More than 1,000 people were escorted from the area.
They included host Davina McCall, previously evicted housemates Jon and Federico, production staff, the studio audience and people queuing to see the live eviction of Nush, Ray or Gos. Staff and customers in a nearby Tesco store were also evacuated.
Police called in a bomb disposal team which carried out a controlled explosion on a suspect package at the studios.......A BB spokesman said: "The search indicated that there may be explosive material in some boxes and as a precaution a 100-metre cordon was imposed......
....At first, the seven Big Brother housemates - Scott, Nush, Gos, Lisa, Cameron, Ray and Steph - were confined to the boys' bedroom, which was considered to be the safest part of the building. Then they were smuggled to a nearby hotel.........
The drama began at 8pm when a police dog sniffed out the explosives at the George Lucas film studios, close to the Big Brother house in Elstree, Herts. As millions tuned in to Channel 4 at 8.30pm to see the eviction, they were left in the dark about what was happening.....''
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