WW2 bomb detonated after building site discovery

The Second World War bomb was safely detonated after being found at a building site Credit: Ministry of Defence/Twitter

This is the moment a Second World War bomb was safely detonated after forcing hundreds of people to be evacuated.

Royal Navy experts made the fuse on the bomb safe, before a "controlled demolition" on Saturday.

The unexploded bomb was discovered on Thursday at a building site in north-west London.

Schools and properties were evacuated, with residents taking shelter in a church overnight.

The bomb weighed 500lb (227kg)

On Friday the bomb, weighing 500lb (227kg) – which was buried deep at a site in Brondesbury Park, Brent – was moved and taken to Shoeburyness Range near Southend in Essex, where it was detonated.