Military bomb disposal experts called in after discovery of WW2 bomb on HS2 rail line
The German bomb is thought to be the largest munition found during construction of High Speed 2.
James Wharton is the North of England reporter at BFBS Forces News and a former soldier in the British Army. A veteran of Iraq, he served both operationally and ceremonially during a ten-year career in the Household Cavalry. After leaving the military, he retrained at the BFBS Academy before earning a degree from the University of Warwick.
