A suspected bomb uncovered on a building site in Hungerford has been confirmed as a WWI shell. Police and bomb disposal experts attended the site in Charnham Street and carried out a controlled explosion.
A Thames Valley Police spokesperson said: "We have been called to a suspected piece of possible WW1/WW2 ordnance at a building site in Charnham Street, Hungerford. "There has been a small cordon put in place at the site, and one office has been evacuated as a precaution while we await an EOD review of the item."
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Source: Rayo News
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