The grenade was discovered by emergency services after a member of the public had donated it to the center.

British army bomb disposal experts were called in to remove and destroy the grenade, which they successfully did using their specialist unit, 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search Regiment RLC.

The area was cordoned off during the operation.

An army bomb disposal team was called to Darwen, England, at the request of Lancashire police to deal with a suspicious item.

The item was safely moved and destroyed by demolition.

A cordon was placed at Market Hall in Darwen, and people were asked to avoid the area.

Customers at the Bridgewater pub were asked to stay inside, and the monthly artisan market was abandoned.

Both Lancashire and Lincolnshire police were on the scene.

A person found an unexploded grenade at Darwen town center's Heritage Centre, causing a lockdown and requiring the police and bomb disposal team to safely remove it.

This incident occurred three days after a similar discovery and controlled explosion in Woodthorpe, Nottinghamshire.