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Government unveils plan to commemorate nuclear test programme veterans

The Government has announced it will spend almost half a million pounds commemorating the “incredible service” of the veterans of Britain’s nuclear testing programme. It comes on the 70th anniversary of Operation Hurricane, the detonation of a ...

03 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Nuclear test veteran’s joy as commemoration of 70th anniversary announced

A veteran of Britain’s atomic testing programme has spoken of his joy after Boris Johnson announced a commemoration day and called for medals to be awarded. The outgoing Prime Minister announced he will commission an oral history to ...

05 Sept 2022 at 16:39

Nuclear test veterans to be recognised with new medal following campaign

Thousands of people who took part in the UK’s nuclear test programme will receive a medal recognising their service following years of campaigning for the honour. An estimated 22,000 veterans and civilians will be eligible for the ...

21 Nov 2022 at 13:00

Disabled son of nuclear test veteran seeks answers in MoD medical records

A disabled man whose father was a nuclear test veteran has said the disclosure of medical records could provide answers he needs for his son. Steve Purse, 49, was born with short stature about a decade after his father, Flight ...

20 Sept 2023 at 20:44

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Living under a mushroom cloud: Daughter of nuclear bomb test veteran blames radiation for crippling health issues

A woman who believes her father’s exposure to nuclear tests carried out by the British military during the 1950s is responsible for her many illnesses has said veterans and their descendants are “living under a mushroom ...

17 Apr 2024 at 06:30

Criminal sanctions could be brought over harm suffered by nuclear test veterans

Criminal sanctions could be brought against the people who exposed veterans to radiation during nuclear tests, Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds has suggested. Veterans and their families have been calling ...

24 Oct 2024 at 12:05

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