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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 22 May 2013

    Police officers called to incident in Woolwich, south-east London at 14:20 BST, @metpoliceuk confirm. No further details at present

    7:50 AM - 22 May 2013
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      1. Mr R Osborne‏ @ryan_ozzie 22 May 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking u lot need to hire twitter reporters

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      2. Lloyd Watkin  🇪🇺‏ @lloydwatkin 22 May 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking what? This tweet is almost completely useless!

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      1. Owen Rogers‏ @OwenRogers 22 May 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking I know I’m late on this but I was expecting the @metpoliceuk to attend more than one incident at 1420 today. No news is no news

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      1. Justine ‏ @RoJustine 22 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @metpoliceuk know i understand why those holicopter all the way around my house, so many police officers too.

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      1. Knol Tate‏ @KnolTate 22 May 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Police officers called to incident in Woolwich, south-east London" & I've been just rewatching Spooks. Scary. #woolwich

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      1. Nick Hall‏ @NickXHall 22 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @metpoliceuk is there more to this than meets the eye? Seems rather mild for @bbcbreaking

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      1. Swiss army dad‏ @broom2112 22 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking that's not news really is it. Ha.

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      1. Ryan Evans‏ @BigClayt 22 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking great bit of reporting

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      1. Jimmay‏ @jbh1977 22 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Dear BBC. What the fuck is the point of that tweet?

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      1. Sezza‏ @nerdalicious_me 22 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Where's the news in this breaking news tweet?

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      1. David Docherty‏ @daviddc2m 22 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @metpoliceuk Some cutting-edge reporting there folks, keep it up!

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      1. Gillian Stern‏ @gillybethstern 22 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @metpoliceuk What happened in Finchley Central this lunchtime - streets cordoned off, police everywhere?

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      1. Michael Bramhall‏ @mickeydaquiche 22 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Check this timeline out for eye witness account - https://twitter.com/BOYADEE 

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      1. Kev‏ @kevbrewin 22 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @metpoliceuk £145 per year tax for bollocks like that? You lot are a joke!

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      1. Stu Ritchie‏ @sturitchie2010 22 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @metpoliceuk no shit Sherlock

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      1. Martin Lowe‏ @MartLowe75 22 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @metpoliceuk What exactly is the point of that tweet? Unless you know something we don't..

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      1. AndyHoldsworth‏ @AndyHoldsworth 22 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking The most uninformative 'breaking news' tweet ever! Not everything is breaking news! Next tweet 'someone called 999 today'?

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