Dover Eastern Docks had a security alert after a suspect object was found in a lorry.

Border Force officials raised the alarm yesterday (Sunday) and the Army was called in to investigate.

They confirmed that the object was a harmless piece of military memorabilia.

Port of Dover Police say they were alerted at 4.40pm.

A spokesman for the Port told the Mercury: "Members of the Border Force discovered the piece of military ordnance in a lorry that entered the port.

"We put a safety cordon in place as a precaution for a brief period.

"The army arrived and declared that the object was not a danger."