UPDATE: 'Wartime device' near Shoreham Airport found to be dummy round

By The Newsroom
Published 23rd May 2018, 13:14 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 08:44 BST
The device was found to be a dummy round, police saidThe device was found to be a dummy round, police said
The device was found to be a dummy round, police said
A bomb disposal team have confirmed a device found near Shoreham Airport, initially believed to be an unexploded wartime bomb, was in fact a non-explosive dummy round.

Contractors working on the Environment Agency's flood defence scheme near the airport dug up the device at around 9am this morning during the excavation of a World War Two hut base.

The device appeared to be an unexploded ordnance and a 50 metre cordon, later extended to 100 metres, was set up around the object as police and firefighters were called to the scene.