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Road closed after suspected bomb found in river

Matt TaylorBBC News, East Midlands
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Police have closed Station Lane from Main Street to the A38 Barton Turn

A Derbyshire road has been closed after what is believed to be an unexploded shell was fished from the River Trent.

Derbyshire Police confirmed in a social media post shortly after 17:30 GMT on Wednesday that a magnet fisher found the item in a stretch of river near Station Lane, Walton-on-Trent.

The road has been closed from the A38 Barton Turn through to the junction with Main Street.

A cordon has also been put in place as a precaution until an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit from the army arrives, the force said.

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