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Students at two schools which were forced to evacuate students last week have had to be sent home after new threats were made.
Police release list of schools affected by bomb threat
Police have released a list of the schools that received bomb threat calls this morning.
Intelligence experts say they pose 'no credible threat'.
Police are investigating the calls, which were made to four schools in Sandwell, one in Dudley and one in south Birmingham.
The affected schools are:
- Oldbury Academy in Pound Road, Oldbury
- Holly Lodge High in Holly Lane, Smethwick
- Bristnall Hall Academy in Bristnall Hall Lane, Oldbury
- George Salter Academyl in Claypit Lane, West Bromwich
- Earls High School in Furnace Lane, Halesowen
- Four Dwellings Upper School, in Quinton Road West, Quinton
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