Hoax bomb threats made to hundreds of schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland

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Police assure parents and teachers that warnings were bogus despite pupils being evacuated from some sitesHundreds of schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland were hit by a fresh wave of hoax bomb threats on Wednesday, with some sites evacuated as a precaution.Police said at least 470 schools, from Dumfries in the south of Scotland to Aberdeenshire and Orkney in the north, had received the hoax warnings.