A residential street in Chelmsford, Essex was cordoned off by Police after the discovery of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) – suspected to be a WWII shell – during interior renovation works at a property.
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team was called and they took the device to a nearby park where it was destroyed in a controlled explosion.
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