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5th December 2003 23:38

Through sheeting rain, Steve Higgins struggles over piles of rusting metal in a wooded gully nicknamed Ammo Case Alley.

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12th August 2003 11:16

An underground nuclear shelter in Somerset has gone on the market for £200,000. The two-storey Royal Observer Corps control bunker near Yeovil, even has planning permission to be turned into house.

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5th July 2003 11:26

A potholer who was trapped underground for almost 24 hours after an accident is keen to return to the cave as soon as possible. Laura Trowbridge, 22, sparked a "superhuman" rescue effort.

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28th March 2003 08:38

The US Air Force's BLU-113 "bunker buster" warhead was originally developed in a hurry during the 1991 Gulf War to attack fortified Iraqi command centres deep underground.

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16th March 2003 13:31

Underground rooms specially furnished for Winston Churchill and his wife during World War II are being opened to the public for the first time. The private quarters form part of the Cabinet War Room.

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2nd January 2003 21:54

An online auction of underground nuclear bunkers has raised over £170,000. The 13 decommisioned bunkers, including five across Yorkshire, were offered for sale on the Internet site eBay.

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3rd October 2001 11:07

Think of just about any major military operation involving British forces in the past couple of decades and you may be surprised to learn that the key commanders were based underground.

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7th January 1999 10:36

The Cold War bunker where the Prime Minister was to sit like Dr Strangelove "reconstructing" Britain in the wake of a nuclear attack will be shown for the first time on British television tonight.

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