As “Three Homes” Jenrick makes a comprehensively leaked defection to Reform, claiming Britain is “broken”, one of the biggest bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe in WW2 is safely taken from Exmouth Marina out to sea and detonated.

Council Leader Paul Arnott compliments everyone involved in the massive emergency task of dealing with the bomb and evacuating 2,500 properties.

The bomb is reported to have been one of the three largest used by the Luftwaffe at around 250Kg. Dredged out of the Marina (original dockyard) the bomb fusing mechanism had to be identified before a floatation collar could be attached. It was then lifted from the dredging barge, lowered into the sea on the 2am high tide, towed out to sea and detonated on the sea bed. Best video of the process can be found on ITVX.

Two and a half thousand properties had to be evacuated as the safety cordon was extended from 400 to 600 metres. The BBC reports, for example, that Emma Kessie, the manager of the LED leisure centre, used as the emergency evacuation centre in Exmouth, said about about 100 people stayed in the makeshift accommodation on Wednesday night and about 20 people on Thursday. The rest were found temporary accomodation.

Emma Kessie, worked a 20 hr shift on the first night and describes the scene in the leisure centre as follows:

“The people who were sleeping here or just sitting here for the day have been incredible and had such enthusiasm and positivity,” she said.

“We stayed up having teas and coffees, I was doing microwavable meals at three in the morning… it was just great, it was a great vibe.”

[NB Owl hates to say it but Google AI gives a fair summary of why East Devon Watch uses the nickname “Three Homes” for Robert Jenrick.]