A chance discovery led officials in northern England to uncover more than 100 practice bombs from World War II buried underneath a playground.

The devices found during construction work were practice bombs, which can be harmful. Officials said there could be more.

The unexploded ordnance, discovered during a site renovation, were described as “practice bombs” that still carry a charge ...

It’s quite something to think the children have been playing on bombs and it’s been a really challenging situation,” Wooler councilor Mark Mather said.

It is believed the area where the playground was initially built was used as a Home Guard training ground and the bombs were buried at the end of the war.

Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England ...

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