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Residents voice relief on return home after Second World War bomb removed

Source: PA Wire

A resident of the street where a 500kg Second World War bomb was found has said “it’s good to be back home and good to see that all the houses are standing”.

Thousands of people who were evacuated from their homes in Plymouth have returned after days of disruption caused by Tuesday’s discovery of the device in a back garden in the Keyham area.

More than 10,000 people had to move out, and on Friday a military convoy carried the unexploded bomb on the back of a truck from

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