WW2 bomb detonated on Nairn beach
The explosive was blown up by the Navy after being hidden since rehearsals for the D-Day landings
Last updated 2nd Apr 2018
A Second World War explosive hidden on Nairn beach since rehearsals for the D-Day landings has been blown up.
A Navy bomb disposal team detonated the shell in Moray last week.
The explosive was found by the town's coastguard search and rescue team during a survey of the beach on Wednesday.
Bomb disposal experts from HMNB Clyde were sent north to safely dispatch the decades-old shell.
The coastguard team said it dated from D-Day landing practice runs which took place around the Moray coast.
Tom Rennie, of the Nairn Coastguard Search and Rescue team, urged anyone who finds something on a beach they are "not sure of'" to call 999 and ask for the coastguard.