Unexploded bomb found in Axminster

Update: The bomb disposal unit has made the device safe and the road has re-opened.

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Six homes have been evacuted  today after the discovery of an unexploded device in Axminster.

A Royal Navy bomb disposal team have been called to the scene after a  'historic German device'  was discovered in a garden.

Police have set up a 20m cordon around the garden in Alexandra Road and evacuated  homes in the surrounding area as a precaution . 

Six properties were evacuated and the bomb disposal unit is on route to make the device safe.

Part of Alexandra Road remains closed but the neighbouring streets are unaffected.

Picture: The device made safe by bomb disposal, courtesy of Devon and Cornwall Police