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‘The customers are still there’: Welsh mussel farmers hope post-Brexit reset can revive business

Shellfish exports to the EU from the Menai Strait have all but collapsed, but fishers are looking to the future

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2025

Rayner: I will do ‘everything within my power’ to help nuclear test veterans

Former servicemen and women are campaigning for access to their medical records, which they say the MoD has illegally withheld.

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2023

King Charles could qualify to wear nuclear tests medal after Prince Philip's trip

The king is one of thousands of sons and daughters whose fathers were involved in the Cold War weapons tests, and who now have the right to collect a posthumous gong on their behalf

Daily Mirror · Apr 28, 2023

Wicked putdowns and life away from the limelight of Foo Foo Lammar, Manchester’s best loved drag queen

The life and humour of one of Manchester's best loved entertainers with newly unearthed photos revealing his life at home

Manchester Evening News · Dec 3, 2022

Atomic test veterans hoping to learn of medal recognition today

Survivors want 70th anniversary commemoration to be used to grant official honour to those who participated in UK’s nuclear programme

Wales Online · Nov 21, 2022

Atomic test veterans to attend 70th anniversary commemoration

Nuclear test veterans and their families are hopeful that the Government will announce a medal recognising their service.

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2022

Nuclear test veteran’s joy as commemoration of 70th anniversary announced

Approximately 20,000 British soldiers, mostly conscripts, witnessed hundreds of atomic tests and were exposed to radiation.

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2022

Boris Johnson told: "It's time to deliver justice for Britain's nuclear test veterans"

Campaigners have asked the Prime Minister to use his last week in office to fulfil his promise to the victims of Cold War radiation experiments

Daily Mirror · Aug 28, 2022

'I just want justice for my family': Rochdale dad who found baby son dead gives emotional plea to PM over scandal

It took John six decades to get the autopsy report, which revealed his four month old son had deformed lungs when he died

Manchester Evening News · Jun 8, 2022

Boris Johnson meets with Cold War nuclear test veterans and promises investigation

Two years ago an appeal was launched demanding for a medal for the 1,500 survivors of the radiation tests

Wales Online · Jun 8, 2022