SHOPPERS were evacuated from the Dockside Factory Outlet Centre in Chatham Maritime this morning after building workers dug up an unexploded torpedo.

The discovery was made by workers constructing a block of flats next to the shopping centre.

Police were called to Chatham Maritime at about 10.30am. The building site and shopping centre were immediately evacuated as a safety precaution.

An Army bomb disposal squad was called in.

Chatham Maritime is built on the site of the former Chatham Dockyard, which at one time was a submarine base.