UK village on edge over threats to air base in terror alert

CIRENCESTER, United Kingdom: Residents in a bucolic corner of southwestern England said they were “spooked” by an air base used by the US military in its war against Iran as bomb experts descended on the area on Sunday. Stephanie’s family was one of 85 households evacuated from the village of Whelford, around a mile (1.6 kilometers) from the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford air base, in the early hours of Sunday after authorities were alerted to “suspicious vehicles.” Police have not yet confir