An MP has visited the site of the Second World War bomb which exploded at the end of a four-day operation that brought parts of Great Yarmouth to a standstill.

Brandon Lewis, who represents the town, went to the spot at the third river crossing site where the device detonated last Friday.

It had been dredged from the riverbed on Tuesday by workers building the new bridge, prompting the evacuation of dozens of locals.

Mr Lewis thanked those who had been involved in keeping people safe throughout the drama. 

In a video posted on social media, he said: "It's really a good opportunity to see what's happened here and how the team managed a really difficult situation.

"Obviously a huge thank you to all of the services: the armed forces, the emergency services, the county council team and all of those working on the third river crossing for the efforts they put into keeping people safe.

"It was remarkable the fact we had no damage to people and that it was such a well-controlled site, regardless of it being an uncontrolled explosion."

"We were very, very fortunate."

Mr Lewis was joined by Norfolk County Cllr Graham Plant who said: "We'd really like to thank those services for everything they've done to make sure that the people in Great Yarmouth were safe, that the infrastructure was minimally damaged, and it is minimally damaged.

"We just wanted to make sure that everybody involved in making sure the residents were in a safe place and safe hubs during this exercise were looked after.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you to everybody who was involved."