A live World War Two bomb unearthed by builders on a housing development has been destroyed in a controlled explosion.Eight homes were evacuated and the M62 was shut between junctions 35 and 37 as a safety precaution.All residents have been able to return to their homes and local business are no longer being asked to remain closed.
The force also said a no-fly zone and the closures of the M62 and other roads nearby had since been lifted.image captionJohn Sharpe, site manager of the Beal Homes development, said he received a call from workers just after midday on Thursday. "They didn't know what they'd dug up at first and a guy went down into the hole because we thought it was a metal pipe.Mr Sharpe said the bomb was believed to have been dropped by a Lancaster bomber during a crash-landing.
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Spectacular thrills across Goole today, I imagine the last time the town witnessed such excitement was when bomb was originally dropped in the 1940s