Wigan gets is when the nearby college just down the road kicks out on a school day. But this afternoon, residents in the cosy cottages that line the lane surrounded by fields emerged to find a bomb squad piling into the quiet corner of the world they call home.They watched as firefighters, police officers and soldiers sealed off their rural street for almost four hours.
The reason for all the commotion? A local boy had gone magnet fishing in the nearby River Douglas, in Shevington. What first seemed like a little lad looking for a way to pass the time in lockdown quickly became a major incident.That's because eight-year-old Tyler Ball had fished out something more than a bit unusual with his magnet.Tyler had caught a grenade.Mum Charlotte.
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