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The detonator of an explosive shell was discovered at Brunel Road Household Waste Recycling Centre in Newton Abbot on Sunday (14 June 2026), the second such find at the facility in just a week. The police were called and the Read More …
Police have activated a 400m cordon around a building site in Southway after a huge 250kg WW2 bomb was found yesterday (Wednesday, April 29). Cordons are in place in the vicinity of Aldi in Southway, with several roads closed and Read More …
Dartmouth Coastguard Rescue Team were called out at 2:57pm on Thursday, January 22, after the suspected ordnance was found. A cordon was put in place on Hallsands beach after seeing what they initially suspected to be an anti-tank mine, similar Read More …
Devon and Cornwall Chief Constable James Vaughan, QPM MSt (Cantab), and Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez have thanked all the agencies involved in dealing with two Second World War unexploded device operations this week. This week two separate unexploded Read More …
The bomb dredged out of Exmouth Marina on Wednesday, January 14, has been safely removed. A 100-metre cordon was initially set up around the area, with properties in the area evacuated. This cordon was later extended to 400m. In an Read More …
Two divers who dealt with a huge World War Two bomb unearthed in a Plymouth garden have been honoured with bravery awards by King Charles III. Petty Officer (PO) Craig Maddock and PO Paul Cartwright from Plymouth-based Bravo Diving Unit Read More …
Police are investigating after two cars were set alight in east Devon in an incident which saw bomb disposal experts attend. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service sent a crew from Middlemoor to a house in Great Meadow in Read More …
Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams detonated a WWII bomb which was discovered in a garden in Devon yesterday (May 27). A Royal Navy team from the Diving & Threat Exploitation Group (DTXG) responded to assist police following the discovery Read More …
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will not provide financial support to residents whose properties were damaged during the removal of a World War Two bomb, an MP has said. In February, several Plymouth properties were damaged when the device was Read More …
A 500kg bomb discovered in the back garden of a residential property in Plymouth, which prompted one of the largest evacuation operations since the end of the Second World War, has been safely removed by bomb disposal experts from the Read More …
Some residents are refusing to leave their homes in Plymouth despite the discovery of an unexploded Second World War bomb that has led to more than 1,000 properties evacuated in the city. Thousands of people have been asked to leave Read More …
A major incident has been declared in Plymouth after what is believed to be a WW2 bomb was found in a residential area of the city. Police officers have evacuated multiple properties in the Keyham area, along St Michael Avenue Read More …
A ten-year-old boy made an explosive discovery while out walking on Dartmoor that prompted a call to police and the bomb disposal squad. Joe Baker, 10, was out walking on Okehampton Army Range on the edge of Dartmoor yesterday (May Read More …
A controlled explosion has been carried out on a beach in Devon, after a device with US Navy markings was found. In a statement online, Prawle Point Coastguard Team said it was called to reports of the device on Leas Read More …
A man charged with having homemade explosives, bomb-making equipment and indecent images has appeared in court. Stefan Gojke, 66, is charged with five counts of having explosive substances without a lawful purpose in Plymouth between August and September 2019. Five Read More …
A man has been arrested after suspicious items and unknown substances were found at a property in a residential street. The Royal Navy bomb disposal unit, police and the hazmat fire team all went to the incident in Plymouth. Police Read More …
A controlled explosion of a suspected bomb has taken place on a Devon beach. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team were sent to Brixham after reports of an unexploded bomb were made on Monday 17 May. They were accompanied by Read More …
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 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 …