WWII shell found at waste centre

Two World War II weapons have been found in Staffordshire within 24 hours.

Police were called to Bemmersley Household Waste Recycling Centre, near Biddulph, on Sunday, after a shell from a Spitfire was found.

The area was cordoned off as Army bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion in a nearby field, a police spokesman said.

On Monday, bomb disposal experts were called to Stoke-on-Trent after a grenade was found in a garden shed.

Staffordshire Police said the occupants of the house in Gordon Crescent went to a friend's home while the disposal team worked at the site.

Police warning

The grenade was dismantled and was found to have already been decommissioned.

The shell found at the waste site was among four items left in one of the scrap units.

Police warned people not to take anything of this nature to waste sites.

A spokesman said: "A number of these items may have been retained by members of the public over a period of years.

"If in doubt about the disposal of such items, in the interests of safety leave them in position and contact police."