A controlled explosion has been carried out on an object found outside the home of Britain's Trident nuclear submarine fleet on the Clyde.

A bomb disposal team was called in to deal with the object and an accommodation block near the south gate of the Faslane base was cordoned off.

The object was discovered beneath an accommodation block at the base near Glasgow.

The Fleet Northern Diving Group's bomb disposal team, which is based there, was called in and the main road to the base closed.

'No explosives'

Up to 30 crew members were in the block at the time of the discovery.

A spokeswoman for the base said: "We can confirm that a suspect object was found under one of the accommodation blocks at the base.

"It was blown up manually, without the use of robots, and was found not to contain explosives."

Strathclyde Police said the main road leading to the base had reopened.