PEOPLE are being warned they will hear a 'loud explosion' as a bomb is set to be safely detonated near Worcester.

Bomb disposal officers are set to explode the device on a field near Powick.

The unexploded device was pulled from the river Severn in Worcester this morning by magnet fishers.

 

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A Malvern police spokesperson said: "Following a magnet fisher locating a potential explosive device in Worcester city centre, bomb disposal experts will shortly be conducting a controlled explosion near Powick.

"There will be a loud explosion which is nothing to be concerned about."