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Eurostar services resume after trespasser wearing England flag is arrested

People wait due to Eurostar delaysat St Pancras.
People wait due to Eurostar delaysat St Pancras. Copyright  Reuters
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Eurostar said it had suspended all trains in and out of London St Pancras due to a trespasser who was reportedly wearing an England flag.

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Eurostar trains to and from London St Pancras International were cancelled on Saturday due to a trespasser who was reportedly draped in a St George's flag.

Services have now resumed but long queues were seen at the station.

British Transport Police said in a Tweet a 44-year-old man had been arrested, was found in a "precarious position", and "spent the night on the rood of St Pancras Railway Station".

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Eurostar recommended passengers not travel on Saturday morning and urged them to cancel journeys of exchange tickets free of charge.

It later tweeted services have resumed but may be disrupted.

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