'Sonic boom' heard by hundreds across UK as residents report 'loud bang and ground shakes'

Hundreds of people across the UK have reported hearing a sonic boom, including in Oxford, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

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."

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