Every month BombRisk's research team publishes the very latest unexploded ordnance and bomb finds and news from around the world.

Finds of ordnance (and digger bucket pins!) in the UK (click each to learn more...)

• 20th March - Bomb squad called after grenade found in a canal
  
• 28th March - Crews called to reports of unexploded WWII bomb in village near Fakenham
  
  
• 31st March - Coastguard alerted after potential ordnance found (but it’s a digger bucket pin) [Isle of Wight]
  
  
• 3rd April - Unexploded bomb Upper Heyford: Cordon lifted
  
  
• 4th April - Shock as unexploded bomb closes Southend Pier [lots of different reports on this one but it appears to be a Victorian era projectile or a WWII mortar bomb]
  
  
• 12th April  - Unexploded ordnance triggers false alarm near to Fort George [Scotland]
  
  
• 12th April - Pictures appear to show spot where unexploded bomb was found in Croydon
  
  
• 12th April - Hand grenade alert at Hereford police station (should have called SafeLane in Ross!)
  
  
• 14th April - Bomb squad called to ‘unexploded ordnance’ on north-east beach [Near Montrose, phosphorus marker]
  
  
• 16th April - Unexploded bomb found in Saffron Walden police station
  
  
• 16th April - Royal Navy bomb disposal team from Portsmouth destroys mortar round found in a bin at Havant tip
  
  
• 16th April - Three unexploded WW2 bombs destroyed in Sark and Alderney
  
  
• 16th April - Bomb squad called to Mid Sussex

Interesting news articles relating to UXO:

• Interesting article on new method of detecting UXO using an optical sensor
  
  
• JEM, SLM support efforts to clear Darfur from unexploded bombs
  
  
• Laos, Norway enhance bilateral cooperation
  
  
• CMAC destroys 9,400 mines, UXO [Cambodia]
• UXO kills more than 40,000 people in Vietnam
  
  
• UNHCR says Ukraine landmine risk needs urgent action
  
• Yemen: Catastrophic Toll of Landmines and UXOs
  
  
• 120 Civilians Affected By Mines, Unexploded Ordnance Every Month