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Claims operational nuclear-powered submarines at Plymouth's naval base could be relocated to Scotland have been given credence in a secret report.
The confidential Ministry of Defence (MoD) report suggested that in six years Faslane in Scotland will be the UK's only nuclear submarine base.
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Army major dies in A1 cycle race
Apr 23rd, 2009 - BBC NEWS
A cyclist has been killed in a time trial on the A1 in Cambridgeshire. Off-duty army major Gareth Rhys-Evans, 38, was involved in a collision with a car near Eaton Ford at about 0835 BST. Insp Terry Furlong from Cambridgeshire Police said the crash...
revolt on Heathrow third runway
Apr 23rd, 2009 - Times Online
THE leaders of some of Britain’s biggest companies have begun a revolt against plans for a third runway at London’s Heathrow airport. The campaign includes chief executives of FTSE 100 companies – Justin King of J Sainsbury...
Radioactive waste leaks from Faslane nuclear submarine base
Apr 23rd, 2009 - Telegraph
The worst breaches disclosed in the Ministry of Defence document, which was released under the Freedom of Information Act to Channel 4 News, include three instances when...
MoD guilty of repeated nuclear safety breaches
Apr 23rd, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
Britain's nuclear submarine fleet has been hit by a series of serious safety breaches involving repeated leaks of radioactive waste, broken pipes and waste tanks at its home base on the Clyde...
‘Secret' submarines lead show of China's naval might
Apr 23rd, 2009 - Times Online
China showed off its nuclear submarines to the world for the first time todaywith two previously top-secret vessels leading a naval parade in the EastChina Sea. Thousands of white-uniformed soldiers stood to attention on the decks ofwarships...
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