The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed a Second World War bomb that forced thousands to evacuate in Plymouth has been detonated at sea. An MoD spokeswoman told the PA news agency the bomb had been “detonated successfully at 9.51pm”. The 500kg explosive was discovered in a back garden on Tuesday, which prompted “one of the largest UK peacetime evac ... ⌘ Read more
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed a Second World War bomb that forced thousands to evacuate in Plymouth has been detonated at sea. An MoD spokeswoman told the PA news agency the bomb had been “detonated successfully at 9.51pm”. The 500kg explosive was discovered in a back garden on Tuesday, which prompted “one of the largest UK peacetime evac ... ⌘ Read more