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Debt of gratitude to nuclear tests men

The Ministry of Defence has publicly acknowledged the "debt of gratitude" owed to veterans of Britain's nuclear testing programme, including two Shropshire pensioners. The Ministry of Defence has publicly acknowledged the "debt of gratitude" owed to veterans of Britain's nuclear testing programme, including two Shropshire pensioners. The acknowledgment was made yesterday afternoon at London's High Court in front of a packed courtroom of veterans, who claim they have suffered ill health after witnessing the atomic bomb testing in the South Pacific in the 1950s. About 1,000 servicemen, including Leslie Lund, 73, of Hollinswood, Telford, and Charlie Price, 69, of Leebotwood, near Church Stretton, claim their involvement in the atomic bomb testing caused a catalogue of health problems due to the radiation fall-out. Opening its defence case, Mr Charles Gibson QC told Mr Justice Foskett and a courtroom packed with members of the British Test Nuclear Veterans' Association he would take a "firm line" towards the way the case is conducted. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star

North Shropshire|Jan 23, 2009
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