Charity worker finds hand grenade

Jeanette Hart took the grenade home and washed it

Several houses were evacuated after a charity worker found a World War II hand grenade in a box of donated goods.

Jeannett Hart had been collecting donations in Birmingham to raise money for the air ambulance when she found what she thought was an ornament.

Mrs Hart said she took the grenade home and washed it before her husband spotted it and "had a panic attack" and told her to phone the police.

Hawthorn Road, in Kingstanding, was cordoned off for more than an hour.

The device was made safe by the bomb disposal team.