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Army bomb disposal experts have made safe an unexploded World War Two bomb found on a building site in Coventry.

The huge one-tonne device demanded round-the-clock attention from the EOD Regiment - the army’s specialist bomb disposal unit - who were forced to spend more than 28-hours trying to make the bomb safe.

An MOD spokesman confirmed last night, and again this morning, that a controlled explosion was carried out on the device at 10pm on Tuesday to make it safe.

A second explosion was heard for miles across the city, shortly before 11pm - and the MOD press office suggested today that this was another controlled explosion to detonate the device.

(Image: Rolls Royce Heritage Trust)

It is the biggest Second World War bomb discovered in the city in years, underlining why original plans to move the bomb to a safer location for a controlled detonation were abandoned.

The army had originally considered moving the bomb to a nearby quarry where they could perform a controlled explosion.

Instead, lorries were used to move tonnes of sand to cover the bomb site between Paradise Street and Puma Way, and army engineers were drafted in to assist the explosives experts with making the area safe.

A controlled explosion was originally due to take place at 1.30pm yesterday, but that was later pushed back due to complications.

It was later rumoured that detonations were due to take place at 6pm and 8pm but the bomb was eventually completely dealt with by 11pm.

Construction workers unearthed the German bomb at Coventry University Technology Park on Monday afternoon and hundreds of people were evacuated from nearby buildings.

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The 1,000kg bomb was the second biggest ever dropped by the Luftwaffe, and was designed to obliterate factories.

It was found on the site of the former London Road Social Club, an area previously home to munitions factories Rolls Royce and Armstrong Siddeley.

Those moved off site included around 130 students, many of whom are experiencing their first week at university.

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Coventry University said it had acted to ensure its students were found temporary accommodation and remained safe during the bomb scare.

Businesses in the area have also faced massive disruption after workers were ordered to leave their offices on Monday afternoon and barred from returning on Tuesday.