A wartime bomb has been discovered in a residential Gravesend street.

The explosive device - thought to date back to the Second World War - was found in a parked car in St Mary's Close by a member of the public.

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Kent police were called to the scene just before 4pm yesterday (May 26).

A cordon was set up as a precaution and bomb disposal experts were called.

The device was removed by a military bomb disposal team at around 7.20pm.