Experts carry out controlled explosion on WW2 German bomb in County Down

More than 400 homes evacuated before 500kg bomb was blown up, decades after it was dropped by Luftwaffe

Police and army experts have carried out a controlled explosion on a second world war bomb discovered in Newtownards, County Down, more than 80 years after it was dropped from a German plane.

A plume of smoke rose over the Northern Irish town on Tuesday after a loud bang at 3.38pm signalled the destruction of the 500kg (1,100lb) bomb.