Kaboom!

There was excitement on the beach of Bectan Sands earlier in the week as the tide washed ashore an old world war two mine.
It was noticed by Jackie Kingston as she was taking her dog - Scruff - for a morning walk. She immediatedly phoned the coastguard who closed the area and called the army bomb disposal team.

The army examined the mine carefully and then blew it up in a controlled explosion. The actual explosion caused the windows of many of the houses to rattle.

The remains have been taken away by the army to identify whether it was a British or German mine.
The beach has been reopened by the coastguard.

Jonathon