Soldiers carried out a controlled explosion yesterday after an army shell was discovered in a garage.

Eight houses in Salt Lane, Postcombe, near Thame, had to be evacuated during the morning after the old device was found by a homeowner at about 9.20am.

A police spokeswoman said the army were called in to make the shell safe and carried out a controlled explosion at about midday. She added that families living in the road were taken to a nearby pub.

The discovery comes after a stash of First and Second World War explosives was found in a house in Bicester last month.

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