Wartime bombs unexploded

LONDON - More than 100 bombs dropped on London during the Blitz are still lying unexploded in the capital, it has been disclosed…

LONDON - More than 100 bombs dropped on London during the Blitz are still lying unexploded in the capital, it has been disclosed.

A list of the weapons, spread throughout 42 boroughs, has been released by the Armed Forces Minister, Mr Nicholas Soames. However, the minister does not list the exact locations of the bombs, saying it is "very difficult" to gauge the risks they pose.

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