Portsmouth, Hampshire Wednesday 16th November 2016 GV showing the Navy Towing the Bomb out to sea to be blown up off the Isle of Wight Gunwharf Quays was evacuated today after an unexploded bomb was found in Portsmouth Harbour. The shopping and retail centre, along with homes, have been cleared along with the Wightlink ferry terminal, the Gosport Ferry station and Portsmouth Harbour Station. Police said homes in Old Portsmouth are also being cleared after the discovery of the bomb this morning. Credit: uknip/Alamy Live News
Portsmouth,Hampshire Wednesday 16th November 2016 GV showing the Navy Towing the Bomb out to sea to be blown up off the Isle of Wight Gunwharf Quays was evacuated today after an unexploded bomb was found in Portsmouth Harbour. The shopping and retail centre, along with homes, have been cleared along with the Wightlink ferry terminal, the Gosport Ferry station and Portsmouth Harbour Station. Police said homes in Old Portsmouth are also being cleared after the discovery of the bomb this morning. Evacuations took place before the bomb was towed out of the harbour ahead of a planned controlled detonation this afternoon by the Royal Navy. Shortly after 2pm, police confirmed at the all-clear had been sounded following the evacuation. Rest centres were set up in the St Thomas’ Cathedral for evacuated residents of Old Portsmouth and at the John Pounds Centre in Queen Street for Gunwharf Quays residents and Wightlink customers. Gunwharf resident Anthony Dunne is one of those to be evacuated from his home. The 27-year-old University of Portsmouth student said he was heading to the cathedral along with hundreds of others. ‘I had a police officer knock on my door and tell me I had to evacuate,’ he said. ‘To be honest, that wasn’t much of a surprise. I had seen the news this morning. ‘But there are people packing stuff from their homes into their cars and leaving. ‘There are a lot of people just walking around trying to get away.’ He added the mood among evacuated residents and shoppers was ‘calm’. The 300m cordon will also require other areas to be evacuated, including the Wight Link terminal; Gunwharf Quays; parts of Old Portsmouth - including Tower Alley, Bath Square, West Street, the Camber and the Hotwalls area; The Hard, including Portsmouth Harbour station and the Gosport Ferry; and the Clarence Pier area and Long Curtain Moat car park and footpaths. The following roads have also been closed, Bath Square, West Street, Broad Street an
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