A teenager stumbled across a massive World War Two German bomb while scuba diving off the Devon coast.

The 1,200kg explosive, dropped by the Luftwaffe over 70 years ago, was found just under a pier at a popular beach.

James Cunningham, 19, came across the device when diving with his uncle on Monday evening.

Having first thought the huge object was a container, a closer inspection led to him realising that it was in fact far more dangerous.

Mr Cunningham, of Bishopsteington, Devon, said: "I could see it from quite a distance and it was about the same width as my arm span.

"At first I thought it possibly looked like some sort of container that was covered in rust. Only by looking a bit closer we then discovered that it was in fact a bomb.