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  • 16 Feb 2010
    A different power at Aldermaston

    It was a strange sight. There are not many occasions on which I watch people singing Thine Be The Glory while surrounded by police.

  • 16 Feb 2010
    Trident is an affront to God, say Aldermaston campaigners

    Christians have joined with others to issue a “call to repentance” over nuclear weapons. They joined a mass protest at the Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment that saw the gates of the site brought to a virtual standstill.

  • 15 Feb 2010
    800 peaceful protestors block gates to Aldermaston nuclear site

    Around 800 nonviolent protesters have succeeded in blocking access to the majority of gates at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston. Faith groups are playing a major role in the protests, which began at 7.00am.

  • 15 Feb 2010
    Aldermaston activists to blockade nuclear arms site

    Hundreds of people from varied walks of life are expected to arrive at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston today in an attempt to blockade the site. A range of faith groups, and four bishops, will join the protests.

  • 9 Feb 2010
    Bishops pledge to join Aldermaston blockade

    Four bishops will be amongst the protestors at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Aldermaston, Berkshire next week. Hundreds of people of many faiths and of none are preparing to blockade the site on Monday 15 February.

  • 26 Nov 2009
    Christians emphasise Christmas message at Aldermaston

    Christians will emphasise the Christmas message of 'peace on earth' today, as they hold their first Advent vigil at Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE).

  • 15 Nov 2009
    Celebration as judge acquits anti-nuclear campaigners

    Four anti-nuclear activists who took part in a mass protest at the Aldermaston nuclear base have been found not guilty of obstructing the highway after the prosecution failed to improve that they were even on the highway, let alone obstructing it.

  • 19 Oct 2009
    Activists arrested at Aldermaston showed "same commitment" as Obama

    Five anti-nuclear protestors who face court this week have said that they showed “exactly the same commitment” as US President Barack Obama, whose work towards “a world without nuclear weapons” won him the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • 7 Nov 2008
    Nuclear weapons manufacturers urged to resign following university visit

    Representatives of the Atomic Weapons Establishment near Aldermaston in East Berkshire have met calls for their resignation after they visited the University of Birmingham to recruit students into the development and manufacture of weapons of mass destruction.

  • 20 Oct 2008
    Christians lament weapons of mass destruction at Aldermaston

    Anglican Bishop of Reading, Stephen Cottrell, welcomed trainee ministers to services of lamentation at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston on Friday - the place where Trident warheads are made for British military submarines.