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Weekend Round-Up

Weekend news, if we can drag you away from the fireside for a moment.

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Bromley-By-Bow UXB To Be Exploded Today

Hammersmith and City (Whitechapel to Barking) and District line (Whitechapel to Plaistow) trains are again suspended this morning while the Royal Engineers’ bomb experts detonate and defuse the ticking World War II UXB. This is all happening on Diamond Geezer’s doorstep and he points out …

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London City Airport Closed After WWII Bomb Found

Unexploded World War II bombs and London buses: you wait for ages for one, then two show up at once. A day after the Hammersmith & City, District and Circle lines were disrupted by a UXB found in Bromley By-Bow, another one has been unearthed, …

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Unexploded Bomb Disrupts Evening Commute

An unexploded WWII bomb disrupted tube services on the District and Hammersmith and City Lines last night when it was discovered near Bromley-by-Bow Station in a river by Sugar House Lane yesterday. The Army went in to investigate and the area was evacuated immediately after …