New Brighton bomb: Video shows Second World War explosive blown up in park

This is the moment the army blew up a suspected Second World War bomb after a seaside town was put into lockdown.

The controlled explosion took place in New Brighton of the Wirral, Merseyside, in a park known as The Dips, just after 2pm on Tuesday.

Rail services were terminated and roads were closed after the device was found in a park at around 10.30am.

Paul Boyd, 60, whose flat overlooks the area, filmed the explosion from his home. Paul, an education consultant, said: “I saw that the police and fire services had blocked off all of the roads in the area and started filming. The explosion was much larger than I thought it would be – I thought it’d be more of a thud rather than such a large bang.

"It’s not something you see every day. I believe it’s a World War Two bomb. This area was bombed quite heavily as it’s by the Liverpool docks."

Merseyside Police said: “We can confirm we received a report of what is believed to be an unexploded ordnance device in New Brighton. At around 10.05am we received a report that the device had been found in an area near Coastal Drive. The Army’s EOD team have been notified. There are road closures in place while the matter is being dealt with and people are advised to avoid the area. Local train services have also been affected.”