A hand grenade from the Second World War was found in a batch of potatoes in an English factory's chip-making machine, prompting an evacuation of the plant.

A day earlier, the tip of a shell was found in the same machine.

Bomb disposal experts from the Army Logistics Corps. eliminated the grenade's possible danger with a controlled explosion in a sports field close to the McCain factory in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

The potatoes were imported from Belgium and northern France, were some of the most brutal battles of the two world wars occurred.