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Properties in Exeter are being assessed for structural damage after the controlled detonation of a World War Two bomb. A structural engineer said doors and windows of nearby houses had been “blown through” by the blast. Hundreds of people evacuated Read More …
A suspected second world war bomb discovered in Exeter will be detonated, police have confirmed. Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in the city while authorities investigated the device, according to police. A 400-metre (1,300-ft) cordon was in Read More …
A controlled explosion has been carried out on a Selsey beach after multiple pieces of ordnance were found there on Tuesday February 23rd. Coastguards from the town were paged to Medmerry Beach at just before 2pm. The West Sussex beach Read More …
A controlled explosion of ‘what appears to be a historic mortar shell’ has been carried out at Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve today (Monday). Police confirmed the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team were called to the nature reserve, situated between Portishead Read More …
Bomb disposal units were called to the beach at Sandwich Bay yesterday to detonate an ordinance. The coastguard was called to the discovery on Friday (February 19) but no further action was taken. But the following day, the rescue service Read More …
A massive crater has been left on Newsome High School’s playing fields after the army carried out a controlled explosion there today (Thursday). YorkshireLive understands a ‘volatile chemical’, which needed disposing of, was found in a cupboard at the University Read More …
A three foot long torpedo was found yesterday afternoon after a local man in Slapton came across it while using a metal detector. A bomb disposal unit from the Royal Navy team were deployed at around 3pm yesterday afternoon (February Read More …
Part of the Hampshire coastline was cordoned off following the discovery of a suspected bomb. Police say the object was found on the mile-long Hurst Spit, near Keyhaven, by someone who lives nearby. The device was blown up by a Read More …
Aemy bomb disposal experts were called in to blow up a “suspected grenade” found at a popular dog walking spot in Hove. Police were called to Three Cornered Copse shortly before 2pm after a suspicious item was found. The woodland, Read More …
Coastguard teams and the Royal Navy EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) were sent to Slapton Sands at around 8am on Wednesday (February 4) after two suspected Unexploded Ordnance were found on Tuesday. It was the second detonation in a matter of Read More …
