Explosives warning after this week's mortar find

Residents are being warned not to handle any suspicious ordnance (PRON: OR-DER-NANCE) devices which are unearthed on the Isle of Man.  

That's the message from police who this week had to call in a Royal Navy bomb disposal team after a mortar was dug up in Ramsey. 

 

It led to two homes being evacuated - the mortar - believed to be from the Second World War - was later blown up under controlled conditions on Ramsey Beach; Inspector Derek Flint says people should report anything they find: