Controlled explosion carried out on Lancing seafront: “There was a massive blast”
A bomb disposal team carried out a controlled explosion on Lancing seafront this morning. Police confirmed officers were notified of a suspected ordnance device being found on the beach near Western Road, Lancing, around 10am today. A cordon was set up as a precaution and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal...
Findings from historic First World War training site unearthed during Welsh Water pipe renewal work at Bodelwyddan Castle site
Historic artefacts dating back to the First World War have been unearthed in castle grounds, as part of a £6.9 million investment project by Welsh Water to upgrade the drinking water pipes. https://www.rhyljournal.co.uk/news/18440437.findings-historic-first-world-war-training-site-unearthed-welsh-water-pipe-renewal-work-bodelwyddan-castle-site/
Brighton explosion: WW2 mortar destroyed in explosion.
THE CITY centre was cordoned off over fears of an unexploded bomb. Police were called to Valley Gardens near St Peter’s Church in Brighton shortly after lunchtime. Witnesses recorded how the police’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit was sent to the scene, and roads in the area were closed off. A...
Second suspected unexploded device found in Brighton
Another area of Brighton has been cordoned off as police and Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel attend to a suspected unexploded munition – the second in a day. The rusted item, though to be a small shell, was found in the garden of a house in Chatham Place, Brighton and...
Army bomb squad called to blow up ‘unexploded ordnance’ at Shawforth farm
Personnel from the British Army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal have blown up suspected ‘unexploded ordnance’ in the Shawforth area of Lancashire this evening (May 6). The British Army has this evening (May 6) been called to a Shawforth farm after getting reports of ‘unexploded ordnance’ on farmland. The incident happened...
Bomb disposal squad at Warwick Way, Kings Hill after unexploded device discovered on building site
A 200 metre cordon was put in place last night after a Second World War bomb was unearthed, near Maidstone, at 4.30pm. on Tuesday. The Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team is constructing a cage around the bomb where it will be safely detonated. https://www.kentonline.co.uk/malling/news/army-on-site-of-unexploded-device-226715/
Discovery of unexploded wartime bomb sees military experts called in
The discovery of a wartime bomb has seen military experts called in to deal with the device after disruption rail services. The bomb was found near the railway near Blackhall, north of Hartlepool on Monday evening. Northern Rail told customers at 5pm that services may be cancelled or delayed.The device was...
Weymouth woman ‘threw unexploded WW2 bomb across garden’
A woman who dug up an unexploded World War Two bomb in her garden said she threw it across the lawn for her dog before she realised what it was. Lulu Cirillo, 49, was gardening at her home in Weymouth when her spade struck the bomb 10in (25.4cm) down. She...
Bomb disposal experts called in following Yaverland discovery
Bomb disposal experts from Portsmouth are on the Isle of Wight this morning (Friday 10th April 2020) to investigate and potentially detonate a piece of suspected ordnance at Yaverland. As first reported by Island Echo, Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team was called out to the beach at Yaverland near Sandown...
WWII bombs detonated off Lanikai, Hawaii.
Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians on Monday detonated explosives to destroy two World War II-era 100-pound gravity bombs and removed other ordnance from the highly-traveled channel between Lanikai and Mokulua North, otherwise known as Mokunui Islet. https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/04/28/breaking-news/wwii-bombs-detonated-off-lanikai/
