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The explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team was called to reports of a ‘suspected unexploded WW2 ordnance’ by the lighthouse at Beachy Head. The EOD team attended Beachy Head on November 17, assisted by coastguard crews from Birling Gap and Eastbourne. Read More …
Six people are in hospital after a suspected food poisoning incident at Lewes Prison. A further 10 or 11 people have been treated, with deliberately-contaminated food being considered as a possible cause. Of those in hospital three are prisoners. Another Read More …
An explosion has rocked part of the city after a shell thought to be from the Second World War was destroyed on Brighton beach. Bomb disposal teams were called and a cordon was set up after reports that a wartime Read More …
A bomb attack was made on the Conservative party conference in Brighton on 12 October 1984. The blast tore apart the Brighton Grand Hotel, where Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and members of the Cabinet had been staying for the conference. Read More …
Police have said that an improvised explosive device left in the garden of a home was a targeted attack linked to serious and organised crime. Police were called out to a house on Birtles Road in the Orford area of Warrington at around 2.15pm on Read More …
A controlled explosion has been carried out in Hastings after an unexploded munition was found at a house in the town. Police said the the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) was called to destroy the item in a field off the Read More …