Police have discovered what they believe is an unexploded World War Two bomb along the route of the 2017 boat race just a day before the event.

Metropolitan police was called by a member of the public at around 1.50pm on Saturday (April 1) to the Chelsea shoreline by Putney Bridge, to reports of the unexploded bomb.

The area of the River Thames forms part of the route for Sunday's (April 2) prestigious boat race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

Officers including the Marine Policing Unit attended.

The item is currently submerged and officers are working with the organisers of the boat race ahead of Sunday's event.

At this stage, the race is expect to go ahead as planned.

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