UK authorities evacuate 2 villages after bomb find

LONDON -- British authorities say they will evacuate two small villages in northern England after a World War II-era bomb was found buried in a nearby field.

North Yorkshire Police say that more than 1,000 people will be moved from their homes in the hamlets of Ebberston and Allerston on Tuesday afternoon before the 500 pound explosive is made safe.

The villages are about 240 miles north of London.

The device was discovered Sunday by enthusiasts who are digging up the remains of a plane that crashed in the area in 1940.

Britain was the site of fierce air combat during World War II and unexploded bombs and anti-aircraft shells turn up periodically across the country.