article_snippet.sent: A spokesman said 'Thames Valley Police received a report from a member of the public about a suspected weapon on a canal boat in Caversham last night. '
article_snippet.sent: Officers attended and conducted a search of the area, and a canal boat in Caversham was located.
article_snippet.sent: a suspected weapon on a canal boat in Caversham was found to be purely ornamental. '
article_snippet.sent: Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) were also informed and are satisfied a suspected weapon on a canal boat in Caversham was not a live device.' a canal boat in Caversham was moored near a children's play area in Christchurch Meadows, where the Thames flows through Reading.
highlights_snippet.sent: Experts scoured boat and said weapon 'was found to be purely ornamental' 