Bomb disposal experts called after man finds 'suspected ordnance' on East Coast beach with his metal detector

The man using the searching device was on the beach at Runswick Bay on Thursday when he came across what coastguards have described as "an item of suspected ordnance".

He dialled 999 and a team from Staithes Coastguard were alerted.

They cordoned off the area until bomb disposal experts from The Royal Logistics Corps arrived and deemed the item safe.

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