UK: Boat Races go ahead after WW2 bomb find

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Boat Races go ahead after WW2 bomb find


Hammersmith and Fulham Met Police tweeted a photograph of one of their officers holding the wartime shell

The 163rd University Boat Race will go ahead after a World War Two shell was removed from the River Thames.

The Met Police confirmed the submerged item was assessed and removed by specialist officers earlier on Sunday.

It was found on the northern shore near Putney Bridge, west London, on Saturday. Experts had to wait for the tide to recede to examine the item.

Crowds of up to 300,000 people are expected to line the banks of the river for the men's and women's races.

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