With support from the University of Richmond

History News Network puts current events into historical perspective. Subscribe to our newsletter for new perspectives on the ways history continues to resonate in the present. Explore our archive of thousands of original op-eds and curated stories from around the web. Join us to learn more about the past, now.

Mortar bomb recovered from Windermere

Army divers have recovered an old mortar bomb from a Cumbrian lake.

The device was found in about 9ft (3m) of water in the Bowness Bay area of Windermere by local divers on a night exercise on Thursday.

They confirmed that the shell, which is believed to date back to World War II, was harmless.

Read entire article at BBC