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BREAKING NEWS: Major incident declared as two WWII bombs found in Devon

On This Day – The Manchester Blitz

On this day in December 1940, the Manchester Blitz began. On the nights of the 22nd – 23rd and 23rd… More

UXO News Roundup – October 2025

Some interesting and significant Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) discoveries were made across the UK in October. These include a collection of… More

‘Suspected wartime bomb’ Closes Railway in South Wales

Bridgend Station (courtesy of Dai Lygad, under CC license) Railway passengers in South Wales suffered delays yesterday (23rd October) following… More

UXO News Roundup – August-September 2025

More than thirty UXO discoveries have been made across the UK in the last two months, from grenades to practice… More

A Day in the life of a UXO Risk Assessor

My fiancée confessed the other day that she made three – totally understandable – but mistaken assumptions about my job… More

76No. WWII Practice Bombs Found in Cambridgeshire Field

76No. World War Two (WWII) practice bombs were recently discovered in a field off Longstowe Road, close to Gransden Lodge… More

Detonation of WWII-era Ordnance Hampers Efforts to Contain Wildfires

(David Baird, image in the public domain) More than 18No. buried WWII-era shells have been detonated by wildfires which continue… More

Monthly UXO News Roundup – July 2025

From hand grenades in Lancashire, to 18-pdr artillery shells in Derbyshire – read about last month’s UXO discoveries in July’s… More

Monthly UXO News Roundup – June 2025

Read about June’s UXO discoveries across the UK in our latest roundup – from 8” naval shells in Devon, to… 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