Live grenade and WW2 shell removed by Navy divers

The items were removed in two separate call-outs for the Devonport-based Royal Navy team

A team of Royal Navy divers from HMNB Devonport disposed of a live grenade and a World War Two shell in two separate call-outs.

The team first responded to a grenade found at the Cornwall Energy Centre in St Austell, confirmed to be a live British military grenade, on Wednesday.

It was then urgently sent to Plymstock in Plymouth, following a report of an artillery shell found under a shed in a residential property.

After assessment, both items were safely removed for disposal, according to HM Naval Base Devonport.