A bomb disposal unit was seen travelling in convoy with police units through Southend last night.

Eye-witnesses reported seeing the convoy, which was travelling with flashing lights, travelling through the town towards Shoebury.

PC Daryl Jones, of Southend Police, said the team were helping the Metropolitan Police and the Ministry of Defence transport an unexploded bomb to the MOD facilities at Shoebury.

However, neither the Met Police nor the MOD could comment on the operational details of the incident.

We will try to find out more details throughout the day.

A WWII bomb was discovered at a building site in Brent, London, on Thursday morning but it is unknown if the incident is related.

Specialist officers from the Army attended the scene and worked to make the device safe.

At 7.30pm on Friday, 3 March, the device was loaded onto a lorry and, an hour later, the lorry was driven away from the location.

Nearby buildings had been evacuated as a precaution but all residents have now been allowed to return home and all cordons have been lifted.

Metropolitan police and the MOD were unable to confirm where the bomb was taken.

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