UPDATE: Emergency taskforce team to detonate unexploded bomb in next 24 hours

A WW2 bomb that was discovered yesterday at Beales Homes in Goole has been confirmed as 'live'.

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal team are currently making plans to detonate it within the next 24 hours. Those affected in the area have been evacuated as a precaution.

An extended cordon will also come into effect from 8pm tonight. Businesses within these areas will be asked to close until works have been completed.

East and Westbound carriageways of the M62 (between junctions 35 and 37) will be closed and a section of the A614.

Additional local road closures are as follows:

• Tom Pudding Way at the Capitol Park Roundabout 

• Rawcliffe Road at the Airmyn Roundabout (Glews)

• Rawcliffe Road at the New Potter Grange junction

Air travel may also be affected, with a temporary 1600m vertical no-fly zone enforced over the site from 8pm today (Friday 23 July) until at least midday on Saturday 24 July.

This statement has been issued on behalf of all the Humberside Emergency Services:

“Those living or staying in the wider immediate area are asked to remain indoors from 8pm this evening. Drivers travelling Eastbound for the south of the River Ouse would need to leave the M62 at junction 35 and junction 34 if they are travelling north of the river. Drivers travelling Westbound along the M62 would need to leave at junction 37.

“We will continue to update the public on the situation and ask that people avoid the area until we are able to bring the incident to a safe conclusion.”