A road in Kingston is currently closed after a suspected World War Two bomb was discovered there at a construction site.

A spokesperson for Kingsland Police said:

“Police were called around 9.15am this morning, to a suspected World War Two ordnance found on a construction site on Fassett Road, Kingston.”

The Ministry of Defence has been informed and cordons remain in place while specialists investigate.

Firefighters are on stand by to assist the police.