Army bomb squad scrambled to ‘suspect device’ that was a speaker

Coastguard teams initi - (Whitehaven Coastguard Rescue Team/Facebook)

A bomb disposal team rushed to the scene of a “suspicious item” thought to be a weapon - only to find out it was part of a loudspeaker.

Coastguard teams from Whitehaven and Maryport were joined by Cumbria Police at the scene of the discovery on the Maryport shoreline on Thursday.