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A suspected bomb uncovered on a building site in Hungerford has been confirmed as a WWI shell. Police and bomb disposal experts attended the site in Charnham Street and carried out a controlled explosion. A Thames Valley Police spokesperson said: Read More …
A man has pleaded guilty to a string of charges, including admitting to gathering parts to make a homemade bomb and visiting British Army barracks in Windsor. Ilyas Akhtar, 20, from Slough, in Berkshire, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey. Read More …
A controlled explosion was carried out on Cleethorpes beach, after marine flares and black powder were found. The blast was carried out safely on Cleethorpes beach after the items were handed to police. Cleethorpes Coastguard was called in to help Humberside Read More …
Bombs from the Second World War were detonated in Great Hollands yesterday, after they were found in a resident’s garage. The bombs, technically British mortar tips from the Second World War, were discovered and taken home by the resident in Read More …
Counter terrorism officers and a bomb disposal team are searching a property in Maidenhead after a man was arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. Officers from Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) arrested the 52-year-old Berkshire man under the Terrorism Read More …