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Bomb squad called to park as suspicious item found

Beth CruseWest of England
News imageBBC A section of a park has been cordoned off with blue and white police take. A police car is parked on the green in the left-hand-corner of the park. Trees and fencing around more parkland are in the background.BBC
Apex Park has been cordoned off by police

A park has been cordoned off after "suspected ordnance" was found during construction work, police have said.

Avon and Somerset Police said a bomb squad was called to Apex Park in Highbridge, Somerset on Friday after an item was discovered near the eastern side of the park's fishing lake.

"A 50m cordon around the site has been put in place and construction work stopped as a precaution," the force said.

"Officers remain at the scene and we are working with Somerset Council in response to this incident."

News imageBurnham-On-Sea.com A section of a park is dug up and there are metal barriers and cones on the grass. In the distance is a police cordon and police officers.Burnham-On-Sea.com
Apex Park has been cordoned off by police

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