Explosives warning after this week's mortar find

Residents are being warned not to handle any suspicious ordnance devices which are unearthed on the Isle of Man.  

That's the message from police who this week had to call in a Royal Navy bomb disposal team after a mortar was dug up in Ramsey. 

It led to two homes being evacuated - Inspector Derek Flint says some devices have the potential to be 'lethal': 

The mortar - believed to be from the Second World War - was later blown up under controlled conditions on Ramsey Beach; Inspector Flint says people should report anything they find: