25-12-2016 19:57 via theguardian.com

German city evacuated after discovery of unexploded RAF bomb

Residents of 32,000 households in Augsburg allowed to return after 1.8-tonne second world war bomb is successfully defusedExplosives experts have defused a large second world war bomb in the German city of Augsburg, clearing the way for thousands of evacuated residents to return and hold their Christmas celebrations at home.City police tweeted that they had “good news at Christmas” just before 7pm local time (18.00 GMT). Before that, they had been unable to say how long residents wou
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