{"id":136048,"date":"2025-05-03T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/unexploded-world-war-two-bomb-found-near-river-in-arundel-bbc\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T16:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:14:00","slug":"unexploded-world-war-two-bomb-found-near-river-in-arundel-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/unexploded-world-war-two-bomb-found-near-river-in-arundel-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexploded World War Two bomb found near river in Arundel – BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ordnance was found near Queen Street in Arundel
An unexploded historic bomb has been discovered of the banks of the River Arun in West Sussex.<\/b>
The Royal Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal team and officers from Sussex Police worked on Saturday morning to safely remove the ordnance, found near Queen Street, in Arundel.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed that the ordnance was a three inch World War Two mortar.
Shortly after 13:00 BST, Sussex Police said it had been dealt with safely.
A cordon that was in place as a precaution has been lifted, with access to Arundel via Queen Street, the High Street and the Causeway no longer restricted.
Sussex Police said it first received reports of the bomb at about 13:00 on Friday.
Emergency services were unable to safely reach the bomb until Saturday morning due to tide conditions.
An MoD spokesperson said: "Members of the Royal Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, from Bravo Squadron, attended the scene of suspected ordnance at Arundel earlier today and safely disposed of the item."
Follow BBC Sussex on <\/i>Facebook,<\/i>, external<\/span><\/a> <\/i>X<\/i>, external<\/span><\/a> and <\/i>Instagram.<\/i>, external<\/span><\/a> Send your story ideas to <\/i>southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk<\/i>, external<\/span><\/a> or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250.<\/i>
'Janner spirit' shown by firms on WW2 bomb repairs<\/span>
Relief for thousands back home after bomb drama<\/span>
Royal Navy<\/span>
Sussex Police<\/span>
'Unauthorised encampment' moved from park in West Sussex by Police<\/span>
\u2018Unauthorised encampment\u2019 moved from park<\/span>
All the pictures from the Children's Parade<\/span>
Section of A24 in West Sussex closed following crash<\/span>
Councillors to decide whether spirits will be allowed in Dracula\u2019s House<\/span>
Confessions of a Teletubby<\/span>
Australia PM Albanese makes stunning comeback with landslide win<\/span>
Three things to know about the Australian election result<\/span>
Harry's emotional avalanche hits the Royal Family<\/span>
Local elections 2025 in maps and charts<\/span>
Chris Mason: Fireworks for Reform as Labour and Tories write election post-mortems<\/span>
'Reform revolution' and 'Prince Harry bombshell'<\/span>
Watch: Prince Harry's exclusive interview in full<\/span>
Harry's emotional avalanche hits the Royal Family<\/span>
'I saved my ID card and my dog': Israel expands demolitions of West Bank refugee homes<\/span>
Five things you may have missed in Sycamore Gap trial<\/span>
Nepo babies or superstars in waiting?<\/span>
Politics Essential: Get the latest news and analysis delivered to your inbox every weekday<\/span>
The final series of Man Like Mobeen has arrived
Have your say on the BBC\u2019s future
Louis Theroux visits the West Bank to meet Israeli settlers
New darkly comic drama set in Birmingham
Copyright \u00a9 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.<\/a><\/p>\n

source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ordnance was found near Queen Street in ArundelAn unexploded historic bomb has been discovered of the banks of the River Arun in West Sussex.The Royal Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal team and officers from Sussex Police worked on Saturday morning to safely remove the ordnance, found near Queen Street, in Arundel.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":136049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}