The military operation to remove a Second World War bomb found in a garden in Plymouth has been declared a "success" and the device has "gone to sea".On Friday at 5.32pm after the 500kg unexploded bomb had been moved in a military convoy to the sea where it is to be disposed of, Plymouth City Council lifted a 300-metre cordon of evacuated nearby properties.

The military operation to remove a Second World War bomb found in a garden in Plymouth has been declared a "success" and the device has "gone to sea".On Friday at 5.32pm after the 500kg unexploded bomb had been moved in a military convoy to the sea where it is to be disposed of, Plymouth City Council lifted a 300-metre cordon of evacuated nearby properties.