EMERGENCY services have thrown a cordon around a North-East beach after an unexploded ordnance was spotted in the sea.
A police spokesman said officers had been called to the South Promenade, in South Shields, at 3.15pm today.
He said: "Police and coastguards attended and upon assessing a suspected ordnance was found in the sea. A section of the beach and sand dunes have been cleared of people.
"Bomb disposal experts are now travelling to the scene."
He added: "It would seem to be an old wartime device of some description."
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