The discovery caused officials to evacuate 18,000 people on Wednesday, the largest such operation ever in the city, emergency services said.

THOUSANDS of people have been evacuated from Dresden after an unexploded World War 2 bomb was uncovered in the German city. A bomb squad was set to try to defuse the 250Kg British bomb which was ...

Residents in a village were forced to evacuate after an unexploded bomb was found during excavation work, police have said. Officers and an explosive ordnance disposal team attended the scene in Lewes ...

An unexploded wartime bomb has been found near a major transport hub, causing an evacuation of passengers and severe delays. Train services across Birmingham were disrupted on Tuesday morning after ...

Schools and thousands of people were evacuated from their homes after unexploded bombs were found in Plymouth and Exmouth. Exmouth Police said the town was to expect "significant impacts" after a ...

A west London industrial estate had to be evacuated after a member of the public brought unexploded Cold War bombs into an auction house for a routine valuation. The man thought he was helping an ...

A beach has reopened after almost two weeks, while bomb disposal experts dealt with "historic unexploded ordnances". Millom ...