Couple had a narrow escape after bringing home what they thought was an old gas canister Two litter pickers unwittingly drove half a mile home with a live first world war bomb in the car as their weekly good deed turned into a scene from a Hollywood thriller. Rachel Wills and Simon Briscombe thought they had found an old gas canister while they were collecting rubbish from the River Nidd in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, on Monday.
First world war bomb survives bumpy ride in Yorkshire litter pickers' car
The Guardian - 18 May 2022 14:08
Couple had a narrow escape after bringing home what they thought was an old gas canister Two litter pickers unwittingly drove half a mile home with a live first world war bomb in the car as their weekly good deed turned into a scene from a Hollywood thriller. Rachel Wills and Simon Briscombe thought they had found an old gas canister while they were collecting rubbish from the River Nidd in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, on Monday.
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