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Daily Mirror
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Kelly-Ann Mills

Brighton beach evacuated as bomb squad blow up 'World War 2 shell' near pier

A beach was evacuated today as people were walking the coastline to see in the New Year after a bomb washed up.

The World War Two shell was spotted on the pebbles at Brighton beach in East Sussex close to the Palace Pier.

The crowds were moved back but stayed to watch as officers from the Army's bomb disposal unit were called in to detonate the device.

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