Nuclear weapons crime in the UK has been reported to Thames Valley Police.
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20:10, 2 March 2015 By Lucy Thorne The protest at the Burghfield atomic bomb factory passed without major disruptions and incidents no images were found Anti-nuclear protests outside Burghfield’s atomic bomb factory were peaceful and passed without any major disruptions and incidents, according to police. But officers warned more unplanned protests could take place throughout the month. Around 140 people took part in the demonstration under the banner Action Atomic Weapons Eradication on Monday. People…
ICN independent catholic news Tuesday, March 3, 2015 12:00 am It was a 6.30am start for some members of Pax Christi on Monday as they joined others at the North Gate into AWE Burghfield this morning, to play their part in the all-day blockade of the atomic warhead factory. For more than 10 hours two entry gates to Burghfield were closed by protesters and the third was partially closed. Despite a huge police presence…
10:22, 2 March 2015 By Linda Fort Protesters from across Europe forming human barricades in the roads to the bomb factory Show as slideshow 123► Protesters began demonstrating at the Burghfield atomic bomb factory this morning from 5am. Demonstrators from across Europe joined the anti-nuclear protest under the banner Action Atomic Weapons Eradication. The aim of the protest is to block the entrance roads to the site using the lock-down method locking protesters to each…
Monday, 2nd Mar 2015 Reporter: Ellis Barker Newbury News Reporter PROTESTS at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Burghfield today (Monday) remained peaceful, Thames Valley Police has confirmed. An estimated 140 people turned part to join campaign group Action AWE, a grass roots anti-nuclear campaign group opposed, in forming a blockade at the site’s two main entrances. The protest forms part of its campaign ‘Act, Speak, Vote, Disarm’. The group also intends to stage further…
PEACE ACTIVISTS BLOCK NUCLEAR BOMB FACTORY Tuesday 3RD posted by Peter Lazenby in Britain Campaigners from across Europe join anti-Trident blockade PEACE campaigners from across Europe blockaded one of Britain’s key nuclear bomb factories yesterday in protest against plans for the £100 billion renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system. The blockade of Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Burghfield, outside Reading in Berkshire, marked the launch of a month of peaceful action before May’s general election. Protesters…
Peter Kenny|Monday, March 02 2015 Members of Pax Christi, the international Catholic movement for peace, were among hundreds of others who have taken part in a nonviolent blockade of Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Burghfield in Reading, England on Monday. Members of Pax Christi, the international Catholic movement for peace, were among hundreds of others who have taken part in a nonviolent blockade of Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Burghfield in Reading, England on Monday. AWE Burghfield…
BBC News - Berkshire About 150 campaigners for British nuclear disarmament have formed human blockades at a plant in Berkshire that builds Trident warheads. The peaceful protest at AWE Burghfield has closed one of the roads to the site and blocked two of the entrances. Blockader Andrew Dey said: “It’s time for Britain to join other UN nations in negotiating an international nuclear ban treaty”. Police said it was working with AWE and the council…
Reporter: Ellis Barker Newbury News Reporter Email: [email protected] Contact: 01635 886639 A PROTEST against the building of nuclear weapons is being staged at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Burghfield this morning (Monday). Around 15 people were lying in front of one of the Burghfield site’s two entrances by 5am this morning to prevent vehicles from entering, despite the protest not due to officially start until 7am. It has been organised by Action AWE, a…
“Spending £100 billion on replacing Trident is a catastrophic folly. I’m sure I am one of many who support the those, like Action-AWE, who campaign actively and imaginatively against it”
– Ken Loach
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