London ‘huge bang’ as mystery surrounds what caused loud noise close to King’s Coronation route

• UPDATED17:10, 5 MAY 2023

A huge bang was heard in Central London today as thousands of people start to gather for the King’s Coronation, with speculation rife over what caused the mystery sound. There’s no suggestion of any emergency, but people in centre of the city reported hearing a huge bang at about 11.45am today (Friday, May 5).

One person wrote on Twitter simply asking: “Anyone in London just hear that explosion?” Several people replied to say they had heard it too with one saying they’d heard it in Marble Arch, right near the route of the King’s Coronation Procession where crowds are already gathering and milling about ahead of tomorrow’s festivities. However there are also reports of a loud bang being heard in Brixton and Fulham.

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