Blockaders at AWE Burghfield, the UK’s nuclear weapons factory, are still in place on the 4th day of a planned month of protest. No traffic can access the Construction Gate entrance. The blockade has been joined by protesters frrom Yorkshire…
Four charged after AWE protests
Thames Valley Police charge four with willful obstruction of a highway Newbury today report william.walker@newburynews.co.uk Contact:01635 886641 Thames Valley Police has charged four people in connection with ongoing protests at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Burghfield. Pipsa Toivonen, aged 18, Helena…
Activists blockade UK nuclear bomb factory for third day
Report from The Guardian Ben Quinn Thursday 9 June 201601.10 BST Construction at Trident warhead factory in Berkshire disrupted by international blockade of anti-war protesters Anti-nuclear activists mounting a human blockade of roads around a weapons factory in Berkshire said on…
Video:A chat with blockaders at AWE Burghfield – June 2016 protests….
Press release:Longest Ever Continuous Blockade of UK Nuclear Base
Protesters resolute as they prepare for a third night sleeping on the tarmac. Campaigners from a number of countries are co-operating to keep a round the clock occupation of the entrance to the construction site at AWE Burghfield. The blockade…
AWE Burghfield protests – Day 3 update
The 3rd day of the Month of Action against the UK’s nuclear weapons factory at AWE Burghfield started with people waking up in tents across the Construction Gate entrance, keeping the gate firmly blocked and out of action. No traffic…
Video:AWE Burghfield June 2016 – Day 1
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Amazing pics from Construction Gate at AWE Burghfield
Early morning – 8th June. Campers have been in place overnight and Construction Gate remains closed. What an incredible sight it is to see this entrance closed and construction traffic heading for the UK’s nuclear weapons factory being diverted away.…