'Sonic boom' heard by hundreds across UK as residents report 'loud bang and ground shakes'
A number of residents have taken to social media to report hearing a 'loud bang' and 'ground shakes', across the south and east of England.Another user tweeted: "Ok, who heard that massive sonic boom? I live on the border between N Oxfordshire & N Hamptonshire. My entire house shifted, no joke! My heart is still in my mouth."
A third said: "Just had what I believe a sonic boom in Leicester, the house literally shook, heard across Leicestershire." A sonic boom is a sound which occurs when an object travels through the air faster than the speed of sound.Shocking moment Brit is caught at airport with '23 kilos of cocaine stashed inside his suitcase'
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