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Is that ‘anomaly’ really a UXB?

Zetica UXO was recently asked to help a regular client solve a conundrum. One of their contractors working on site… More

Monthly UXO News Roundup – May 2025

From a WWII 3” mortar in West Sussex to a hand grenade in Hampshire, read about May’s UXO discoveries across… More

The History of the Cologne WWII Unexploded Bombs

On Monday 2nd June, 2No. 1000kg and 1No. 500kg US Unexploded Bombs (UXBs) dropped during World War Two (WWII) were… More

UXO Risk Assessments – A Guide To Good Practice

A UXO risk assessment is the essential starting point of the UXO risk management framework outlined by the CIRIA C681… More

UXO News Roundup – April 2025

From 25-pdr shell casings to Cold-War era training munitions, April was a busy one for nationwide UXO discoveries… On the… More

Preliminary Risk Assessments – A Guide To Good Practice

It is important that any construction works in the UK are underpinned by an understanding of the potential UXO hazard…. More

UXO News Roundup – March 2025

The news earlier this month was dominated by the discovery of a WWII UXB in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis,… More

The History Behind the Paris WW2 Unexploded Bomb

On Friday 7th March, Eurostar and French rail services in Paris were halted after the discovery of a World War… More

The Development of Military Airfields: A History

From the earliest landing grounds of the 20th century to the modern runways of the jet age, military airfields have… More

UXO News Roundup – January 2025

  After a brief hiatus, we’re back with our regular monthly news feed – and January has been a busy… More

WWII Incendiary Bomb detonated on the Isle of Wight (17/01/2025)

Cordons have been removed at a village in the Isle of Wight after an unexploded World War Two (WWII) Incendiary… More

German 1,000kg UXB Discovered in Southsea, Portsmouth

UXO News Roundup – October 2024

On the 13th September, Norfolk Police were called to the discovery of an item of suspected unexploded ordnance on Hemsby… More

Beaufort’s Dyke: The UK’s Largest Offshore Munitions Dump

UXO News Roundup – September 2024

On the 9th August, police were called to the discovery of an unexploded grenade by workmen in a field next… More

The History Behind the Newtownards Unexploded Bomb