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March 4, 2020April 28, 2021

Does Ardentinny want more nuclear waste on its doorstep?

The UK government intends to increase the number of nuclear submarines on the Clyde; is currently building a nuclear support hub to centralise its radioactive waste handling facilities and radiochemistry laboratories at Faslane; and plans to undertake submarine maintenance work at Coulport resulting in an increase of waste discharges of up to 50%. Consequently the …

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August 5, 2019August 19, 2019

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemorations

In the shadow of WMD at RNAD Coulport, we remember the hundreds of thousands of people killed by the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Remembrance vigils will be held at Faslane on Tuesday 6 August and Friday 9 August; a commemorative gathering will be held at Castle Street alongside Princes Street, …

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July 11, 2017July 11, 2017

Spirits raised at Loch Long disarmament camp

Buoyed by the UN’s approval of a Treaty to ban nuclear weapons agreed by 122 countries on 7 July 2017, Trident Ploughshares has begun its 9-day Coulport Disarmament Camp in a celebratory mood. With a commitment 'to persuade the UK government to uphold the now very clear international demand to dismantle Trident’ (Jane Tallents), participants …

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February 13, 2017February 13, 2017

“No current plans to increase routine MOD police patrols”

Following media reports regarding Ministry of Defence police officers to begin patrolling civilian areas of Argyll, published last month in the Herald newspaper and Dunoon Observer, Val Kennedy, Ardentinny Community Council’s representative on the Clyde Local Liaison Committee contacted the MOD for clarification. At last week’s Community Council meeting Val reported that some members …

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July 5, 2015July 5, 2015

Picnic for Peace

Despite heavy rain and a midge-infested Ardentinny beach, stalwart supporters of Argyll Against Trident (AAT) turned out for a 4th July Peace Picnic. AAT Convenor, Rob Bray explained the group’s rationale and young and older alike enjoyed a fabulous picnic, the centre piece of which was a ‘Bairns not Bombs’ chocolate cake donated by The …

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