The discovery of a 227-kg unexploded World War II-era bomb has led authorities here to evacuate over 150 people, who had to spend the night in a rest centre in east london.
The bomb, found by contractors at a building site in Bethnal Green area of the city on Monday afternoon, was thought to have been dropped during German bombing raids in the early 1940s but did not detonate, according to the london Fire Brigade.
Families spent the night in a school hall in a Bethnal Green Academy where a rest centre was operational.
A police hazard zone cordon was extended to 200 metres, leading to families being evacuated to a Tower Hamlets Council rest centre.