Speaking to the BBC before the French transport minister confirmed the WW2 bomb had been defused, Lejeune says they thought it was the "better option" to cancel all 32 services between London and Paris today because it would give passengers "clarity" amid the "uncertainty".

An unexploded World War II bomb was discovered at Gare du Nord station in Paris on Friday (7), suspending traffic at Europe's busiest station. The post Bomb found at Gare du Nord train station in Paris,

An unexploded WWII bomb discovered near tracks leading to France's busiest train station has severely disrupted rail service as police work to disable the device.