British police search home in Surrey for investigation into London tube bombing

An armed police operation is under way in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, by police investigating the Parsons Green bombing, the Press Association has reported.

They were included in the 2009 New Year's Honours List and were awarded MBE's by the Queen for their work with refugees, Sky News reports.

The search at the well-respected couple's house in Cavendish Road in Sunbury-on-Thames follows the "very significant arrest" of an 18-year-old in Dover.

A spokesperson said the evacuation is a precautionary measure following the earlier arrest of a man in Dover.

Several residents said the couple lived there and Nicola Ryder, who lives opposite, described them as "beautiful people".

Mrs Jamali, 33, said she did not know where to go, so made a decision to take her children - aged between five and 10 - to the shops.

The organisation states that Mr and Mrs Jones have been foster parents for nearly 40 years and had taken in 268 children - the last eight of which were refugees.

Cordons have been set up at a 100-metre radius from the property which will remain in place until the search has been completed.

On the street, residents were rushed from their homes by armed police and are now facing the prospect of not returning before Sunday.

Mojgan Jamali, who was among those evacuated from Cavendish Road around 1.40pm, said she was told by police she had "one minute" to pack her bags, grab her children, and leave home as officers carried out urgent operations in the area.

Neighbours were told to leave their properties shortly after 1pm this afternoon, with many initially taken to the nearby Staines rugby club.

"They said: 'You have one minute to get out of the house and get away'".

"I was in my house with my children and there was a knock at the door from the police".

'We tried driving around but they had blocked of part of the road and they said that we really need to go right down [to the other end of the road].

"I've just been allowed back for my phone".

Armed police are searching a house in Surrey, London, after the arrest of an 18-year-old man on suspicion of a terror offence related to Friday's attack on the Tube.

Investigators are believed to have identified the person who placed the bomb on a District Line train during Friday morning's rush hour using CCTV footage.

Most people caught in the blast were treated for minor injuries and have been released, NHS England said, but three people remain in Chelsea and Westminster hospital in central London.

"Police have made good progress", she added.

Earlier the Home Secretary said it was "much too early to say" whether the bomber was part of the current security picture, following comments from US President Donald Trump that the culprit was known to Scotland Yard.

"We will have to make sure that we will take all the steps we can to ensure that the sort of materials that this man was able to collect become mroe and mroe hard to combine together".