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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-29T06:37:50.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nA bomb team has been deployed to a seaside village after a suspected explosive was found on a beach.\n\nWells Coastguard Rescue team was called to Holme-Next-The-Sea on Saturday at 2:43pm after the device was found on the shore.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSafety cordons were put up around the beach while additional crews were brought in to deal with the device.\n\nHunstanton Coastguard Rescue Team, as well as Sheringham Coastguard, were deployed alongside Wells to assess the object.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe item was assessed and then confirmed to be a non-explosive solid shot.\n\nIt posed no immediate danger to the public, and an Explosive Ordinance Disposal [EOD] team from Colchester was deployed later in the evening on Saturday.\n\nThe EOD secured the item and made the situation safe; all three teams were then stood down.\n\nA spokesman for Wells Coastguard said: “This was a great example of teamwork between Wells, Hunstanton, and Sheringham Coastguard Rescue Teams, alongside Humber Coastguard and EOD, helping to ensure public safety along our coastline.”\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe news comes just weeks after another bomb was found on a beach in Aberdeen.\n\nA Royal Navy bomb squad was called to the Esplanade at Aberdeen Beach after the force was made aware of an unexploded ordnance in mid-June.\n\nPolice Scotland said in a statement at the time: \"Around 9.25am on Tuesday, June 16, we were called to a report of a suspected unexploded ordnance on Aberdeen Beach, Esplanade, Aberdeen.\n\n\"Officers are at the scene and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team have been made aware. A cordon is in place and the public is advised to avoid the area.\"\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Police issue update on immigration status of man charged with murdering two-year-old girl in Surrey\n  * Andy Burnham braces for first public spat with Donald Trump over Britain's faltering defence spending\n  * Iconic British dish could be changed forever as scientists wage healthy eating war on pastries\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe Ministry of Defence was also involved in the removal.\n\nThe discovery of wartime ordnance is more common than one might assume, as seen earlier this month when nearly 100 homes were evacuated after construction workers unearthed an unexploded World War Two bomb in Coventry.\n\nWest Midlands Police issued the order for residents to vacate 96 properties after the device was unearthed at a building site on June 3.\n\nA large 100-metre exclusion zone was established, with the area not declared safe until the following day.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nlsewhere in Plymouth, more than 1,200 homes had to be evacuated after a World War Two bomb was blown up in a controlled explosion back in April.\n\nThe device was discovered at a building site, forcing the police to cord off an area of Southway spanning 400 metres.\n\nThe council arranged hotel accommodation for those evacuated, and the Youth and Community Centre was also used as an evacuation centre.\n\nThree schools in the area were forced to close for a week, including Oakwood Primary School, Little Acorns Pre-School and Beechwood Primary School.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Bomb team deployed to seaside village after suspected explosive found on beach"
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