An unexploded wartime bomb has been found at Chris Grayling’s Brexit lorry park Kent Police were called to the former Manston Airport on Thursday morning

An unexploded bomb has been found at a former airport in Kent set to be used as a lorry park in the case of a no-deal Brexit.

Kent Police confirmed they were called on Thursday morning to reports of a wartime device which was discovered at the former Manston Airport near Ramsgate.

The site was picked by troubled transport secretary Chris Grayling as a vehicle overflow area, designed to help ease congestion and hold lorries caught up in traffic in and out of Dover.

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A no-deal Brexit, which looks as likely as ever, would almost certainly lead to delays at ports as trade between the UK and EU nations is thrown into utter chaos.

Today, police and Army bomb disposal crews rushed to the airfield in question in order to deal with an unexploded bomb there.

Kent Police told i: “Kent Police was called at 10.42am following the discovery of an unexploded wartime device on the site of the former Manston airport.

“Officers are currently in attendance along with explosives experts from the British Army who are continuing to assess the scene.”

The device is believed to date back to World War Two, according to The Mirror, and is thought to be the second found at the former Manston Airport in as many weeks.

An Army spokesperson told The Isle of Thanet News: “There is an EOD Team currently deployed to the Manston Airport site following a request for assistance from Kent Police.”

On 6 March, police attended in response to reports of munitions found on the site, which may soon be used to harbour hundreds of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) important and exporting supplies.

In October last year, Mr Grayling defended controversial plans to turn a major English motorway into a lorry park, saying he expected French officials to be “sensible” in the event of a no deal Brexit and to keep goods flowing to and from the continent.

On Tuesday last week, lorry queues stretched back for miles at the port of Calais in France as border officials worked to rule in protest over Brexit issues, and how the ports will deal with trade once the UK leaves the EU.