A huge unexploded Second World War bomb discovered in the playground of a former school in Bath has been made safe and residents are returning to their homes. Last night hundreds of properties were evacuated with many taking up refuge at the city's racecourse.
Hundreds of people have been evacuated in Bath after a World War 2 bomb has been found on an old school site. Police were called to the school on Lansdown Road shortly after 4pm after contractors unearthed the device.
A 300 exclusion zone is in place and it's believed that up to a thousand properties are in that area. People are being sent to the Bath Racecourse.
The bomb has been removed from the site and taken out of Bath
As many as 1000 homes were evacuated last night after a World War Two bomb was discovered underneath a former school in Bath.