Unexploded Bomb

In coverage on 23 September 2026, 5, BBC ONE West and ITV1 reported that an unexploded Second World War device had been found near Falmouth in Cornwall and that homes were being evacuated. BBC ONE West and ITV1 said the device was discovered on Monday near Falmouth Docks. BBC ONE West described it as a 250-pound American air-dropped bomb found in shallow water just off the docks. ITV1 described it as a 250-pound, just over 100-kilogram, unexploded American air-dropped missile. 5 reported that more than 300 homes were being evacuated. BBC ONE West reported that more than 2,000 people had been evacuated from 300 homes. ITV1 reported that hundreds of homes had been evacuated. BBC ONE West reported that an evacuation order was issued last night for an area 755 metres around the device, that an exclusion zone included part of Falmouth Bay and disrupted shipping, and that police had been knocking on doors. It said the local MP told it bomb disposal experts hoped to make the device safe that afternoon as the tide came in, with no official word from the Royal Navy or police, and that people should be able to return home after the working day. ITV1 reported that experts were due to begin work in the next half hour to remove the device, that a Royal Navy team from Devonport would make it safe, and that the plan was to take it out to sea for disposal. ITV1 also reported that local train services were suspended, that trains to Falmouth Docks Station were cancelled, and that Pendennis Castle and the Falmouth Maritime Museum were closed. 5 reported that police were urging residents in the area to leave their homes.

This is a cross-channel consensus summary, not an objective account. Consensus can be uniformly wrong, or omit what only one channel covered.