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Ivan Morris Poxton & Hannah Mackenzie Wood

Mum and son unwittingly bring home bomb after Mother's Day fishing trip find

A mum and son accidentally drove home with a bomb in their car after finding the device on a Mother's Day fishing trip.

The rusted object was reeled in by the son using a magnet fishing kit while on the day out in Helmsley, North Yorkshire.

It was initially thought to be farming machinery or part of an old camping stove, with the woman and her child bringing it home to investigate it further.

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