Man finds 'suspicious device' on family day out as bomb squad attends Cambridgeshire site
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Man finds 'suspicious device' on family day out as bomb squad attends Cambridgeshire site
• The item is believed to have been an unexploded WWII device, police said
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 | Cambridge Independent — News · Council and records · yesterday Firefighters back at Holme Fen National Nature Reserve as ‘deep-seated’ peat fire breaks out again• Service warns it could be some time before it it fully extinguished. |
 | Cambs Times (Newsquest) — News · Council and records · yesterday Fire service responds after claims crews 'running short of water'• Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service has responded to claims crews are "running short on water" at Holme Fen Nature Reserve. |
 | Cambs Times (Newsquest) — News · Travel · yesterday Road closures in place as huge fire ravages nature reserve• Several road closures are in place as more than 80 firefighters continue to battle a fire at Holme Fen Nature Reserve. |
 | Ely Standard (Newsquest) — News · Safety · yesterday Traveller site wins appeal against council order to remove unapproved mobile homes• An inspector has allowed the owner of a Cambridge Traveller site to keep extra mobile homes put up without permission after an appeal against the council. |
 | Cambridge Independent — News · Council and records · yesterday Cambridge mayor speaks at Hirsohima Day commemoration in market square• ‘War is frightening enough’ says mayor Maria Cleminson. |
 | CambridgeshireLive (Reach) — Home / all sections · Council and records · today Cambridgeshire car park could be ‘transformed’ with plans for ‘lively new street scene’• A developer wants to bring new businesses and up to 83 new homes to a Cambridgeshire town |
 | BBC News — Cambridgeshire · Council and records · yesterday WW2 Hurricane makes tribute flight to Poland• The aircraft honour two Polish pilots who flew from the UK. |
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