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| Portsmouth cross-Channel ferries stopped as WW2 bomb found | Portsmouth cross-Channel ferries stopped as WW2 bomb found |
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| Cross-Channel ferries to and from Portsmouth have been "cancelled until further notice" following the discovery of a World War Two German bomb. | Cross-Channel ferries to and from Portsmouth have been "cancelled until further notice" following the discovery of a World War Two German bomb. |
| The device was found earlier by a dredging barge on the seabed in Portsmouth Harbour. | The device was found earlier by a dredging barge on the seabed in Portsmouth Harbour. |
| An exclusion zone has been set up in the sea which is preventing the ferries from entering and leaving the ferry port. | An exclusion zone has been set up in the sea which is preventing the ferries from entering and leaving the ferry port. |
| Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is also shut to visitors. | |
| A spokesman for the attraction said the site would be shut all day. | |
| Brittany Ferries said it had three ships waiting to come into Portsmouth - two from France and one from Spain. | Brittany Ferries said it had three ships waiting to come into Portsmouth - two from France and one from Spain. |
| Dredging work | |
| A spokesman said: "We are very sorry for the inconvenience this will cause to our passengers on ships awaiting arrival, as well as passengers at Portsmouth Port waiting to depart." | A spokesman said: "We are very sorry for the inconvenience this will cause to our passengers on ships awaiting arrival, as well as passengers at Portsmouth Port waiting to depart." |
| Condor Ferries' Commodore Clipper, which serves the Channel Islands, is also currently holding outside the harbour. | |
| The Royal Navy said the bomb would be towed out to sea and blown up in a controlled explosion later. | The Royal Navy said the bomb would be towed out to sea and blown up in a controlled explosion later. |
| Dredging work is being carried out in the harbour to to deepen and widen a four-mile (7km) channel to allow the the navy's new 65,000-tonne aircraft carriers to dock. | |
| The HMS Queen Elizabeth is due to be handed over to the MoD in 2016 ahead of being put into service in 2020. | The HMS Queen Elizabeth is due to be handed over to the MoD in 2016 ahead of being put into service in 2020. |