THE British Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) was called out to an incident in Neston last night (Thursday, March 16).

At 5.54pm police were called and notified of a large object partially unearthed on land near Bridge Court at the back of Stanney Fields park in Neston.

Residents reported that Station Road was cordoned off by police and they were not allowing residents to walk through.

Cheshire Police have since confirmed that the EOD team attended the scene and established it was not an ordnance object.

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What is an ordnance object?

Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) is live ammunition that has been prepared for action and dropped, fired, launched, projected or thrown but which has failed to detonate.

Any person who finds an object that they believe to be UXO should immediately contact the local police.

If there are any visible features showing, such as markings, colour or shape, describe them when reporting the item as this may help with identification.

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