Clyde bases plagued by nuclear safety flaws, says the MoD
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The Clyde bases that host Britain’s nuclear bombs and submarines are plagued by widespread safety flaws, according to an internal Ministry of Defence (MoD) report obtained by the Sunday Herald.
Critics fear that the problems could trigger a major nuclear accident at Faslane or Coulport that would contaminate Glasgow with radioactivity. They say this would be “unspeakable” and are demanding an urgent investigation.
No Regrets for Trident Ploughshares Graffitti Artists
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Two Trident Ploughshares activists were yesterday found guilty of damaging the walls of a Scottish court in protest at a trial which they regarded as unfair.
In October 2010 Barbara Dowling and Janet Fenton appeared at a session of the JP court within the Sheriff Court building in Dumbarton accused of a breach of the peace during a blockade of Faslane naval base, home to the UK's Trident nuclear weapon submarines.
Exciting new proposals on the horizon
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There is a proposal to host an exciting initiative in housing development and associated developments and to use the site of the former Hermitage academy to host a Helensburgh Housing Expo. This would bring together architects, the building industry and others. It would also receive support from the Scottish Government
There was a Housing Expo was in Inverness in 2010 which brought in over 30,000 visitors from Scotland and wider afield.
Have a look at both the pdf files below which will explain in a bit more detail. Make no mistake this an exciting proposal and is worth a lot of consideration
Families asked to remove grave memorials
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GRIEVING families are being asked to remove memorials from the side of graves at Helensburgh Cemetery to allow council workers to carry out their duties.
Argyll and Bute Council wants the items – which can hamper routine maintenance tasks and make the preparation of burial lairs difficult – taken away by the end of the month.
In April and September last year, the council wrote to a minority of lair holders who had placed items of an inappropriate size, in some cases shrubs or unauthorised gravelled or walled areas.
Trident Ploughshares Member Refuses to Comply with Court Punishment
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Barbara Dowling today told Dumbarton District Court that she would not pay a fine or comply with a Supervised Attendance Order as she did not accept that she was guilty of any crime.
Barbara was called to a means court after failing to pay a £500 fine imposed in October 2010 for blockading the Faslane Trident Submarine Base. She, along with five other Trident Ploughshares activists, had blockaded the gates of Faslane in April that year to exercise their civic responsibility under International Law, to do what they could to stop the work of preparing and maintaining weapons of mass destruction.