Buried Grenade Near Cemetery Recovered

Army bomb disposal experts were called and roads closed after a suspect UXO was found in a steam near Sheffield General Cemetery. South Yorkshire Police and the army recovered and disposed of the device which was identified as an inert grenade.

In a statement police said, "It is reported that suspected unexploded ordnance was found in the Porter Brook. Officers attended and a 100 meter cordon was put in place. The EOD team attended the scene and established that the object was a grenade and that it was inert. The grenade was recovered for disposal, and the cordon was closed at around 7.30pm."