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Bomb squad explode dynamite found at farm

Maisie Lillywhite
BBC News, Gloucestershire
Getty Images Three bay horses graze on a field in the Cotswolds as a valley slopes upwards behind them.Getty Images
The 140 sticks of dynamite, believed to be about 40 years old, were found in a farm outbuilding

Four controlled explosions have been carried out at a farm after 140 sticks of dynamite were discovered in an outbuilding.

Gloucestershire Police was called to Woodlands Farm in the Cotswolds village of Chedworth, near Cheltenham, at about 10:50 BST.

The dynamite, which is thought to be about 40 years old, was moved to a nearby field where the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team detonated it.

People were asked to avoid the area while the controlled explosion happened. A 200m (656ft) cordon was in place but has now been lifted and the EOD team has left the scene.

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