Warsop allotment owner calls police after digging up suspected bomb

It wasn't exactly a blast from the past - but one gardener wasn't taking any chances when he dug up a wartime relic.

Police were called at about 2.20pm on Saturday to the allotments at Carter Lane, Warsop, to reports that an allotment owner may have found an unexploded bomb when digging.

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Experts were called and it was discovered that the object was an empty shell.

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