Coverage dated February 9, 2025

Scores of unexploded World War II bombs discovered under children’s playground

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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England after a chance discovery. Local officials in the town of Wooler, Northumberland called in bomb disposal experts after workers involved in a planned overha…

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Scores of unexploded World War II bombs discovered under children’s playground (opens KESQ Palm Springs)
Published Feb 9, 2025
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England after a chance discovery. Local officials in the town of Wooler, Northumberland called in bomb disposal experts after workers involved in a planned overha…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Nearly 200 unexploded World War II bombs found under children’s playground in northern England (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Published Feb 9, 2025
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Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England after a chance discovery.
CBS News
More than 170 World War II bombs found under children (opens CBS News)
Published Feb 9, 2025
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It is believed the area where the playground was initially built was used as a Home Guard training ground and the bombs were buried at the end of the war.

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