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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nadeem Badshah

SHOCKING: Lancashire town locked down after grenade donated to heritage centre - What They Never Told You

Emergency services corden off parts of Darwen town centre.
Emergency services corden off parts of Darwen town centre. Photograph: Shad Chefs

A town centre in Lancashire was placed in lockdown on Saturday, with British army bomb disposal experts forced to remove and destroy a grenade.

It is understood that a member of the public had donated items to a heritage centre in Darwen which included the grenade.

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