The discovery caused officials to evacuate 18,000 people on Wednesday, the largest such operation ever in the city, emergency services said.

The city's biggest ever evacuation comes after the British flying bomb was discovered near a collapsed bridge.

After the ordnance was discovered, 18,000 people evacuated from the city. Experts worked for several hours to safely dispose ...

Around 18,000 people must evacuate an area of central Dresden by 9 a.m. local time Wednesday after a World War II bomb was ...

A British World War II bomb has been safely defused in the eastern German city of Dresden, allowing 18,000 people to return ...

Bomb disposal squads are in Exmouth and Plymouth after discoveries of two suspected Second World War bombs. Hotels, schools and homes have been evacuated in both areas after the separate devices were ...

An unexploded World War II bomb has been successfully defused in the German city of Dresden, police said, after a huge evacuation operation.

Residents have been allowed to return home following the removal of two World War Two bombs discovered in Devon. The German bombs were discovered on Wednesday afternoon - one was dredged up in Exmouth ...

Officials in Dresden evacuate 18,000 people after the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb, the largest such ...

THOUSANDS of people have been evacuated from Dresden after an unexploded World War 2 bomb was uncovered in the German city. A bomb squad was set to try to defuse the 250Kg British bomb which was ...

It sounds ridiculous at first: a military aircraft flying over enemy territory loaded not with explosives, but with paper.