Two women aged 79 and 82 have this morning successfully prevented traffic from entering the Trident nuclear submarine base in Faslane, Scotland.

On Budget Day, MPs and campaigners will call on the government to rethink its £100 billion spending commitment on nuclear weapons.

Churches are urging the Government not to shackle the UK to a £55 billion spending commitment on Trident over the next 15 years.

A Scottish Christian has told a court that she will go to jail rather than accept that she has done anything wrong in taking direct action against nuclear weapons.