'Radioactive' material found in bin bags near Hammersmith school as dozen homes evacuated

Bogdan Hofbauer

Around a dozen homes were evacuated last night after a cleaner found suspected radioactive waste stuffed in bin bags - just yards from a primary school . A worker was clearing a property belonging to elderly "hoarders" in Hammersmith, West London , when they made the shocking discovery. The private company had been hired to empty out the semi-detached council house on Bentworth Road on Thursday afternoon. Two workers took bags of rubbish to a scrap dealers where it was scanned and they were