Mortar shell found by metal detector on beach

The item was found to be a spent mortar shell and was taken away for disposal

A spent mortar shell has been found on a beach by a person using a metal detector.

Gorleston Coastguard, from Norfolk, said the detectorist discovered the "suspicious item" on Benacre beach, Suffolk, on Tuesday.

A cordon was set up and an explosive ordnance disposal team discovered it was a spent mortar shell before they took it away for disposal.

In July, Gorleston Coastguard was also called to assist bomb disposal experts with destroying a mortar shall in a controlled explosion on a beach near Lowestoft.

The coastguard encouraged people to contact them if they saw anything that concerned them on the coast or the local waterways