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Brendan O’Hara
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Charity could consider legal action against UK Government over compulsory election ID
A Scottish disability charity will consider joining forces with other human rights organisations to take legal action against “discriminatory” and “disproportionate” proposals for compulsory photo ID.
Revealed: the dirty secrets of the DUP’s ‘dark money’ Brexit donor
MPs call on Richard Cook, front man for the DUP’s controversial Brexit cash, to “emerge from the shadows” after we uncover his trail of illegal waste, unpaid bills and court documents stretching from India to California.
Alarm over steep rise in nuclear bomb convoys in Scotland
The number of nuclear bombs being driven to and from the Clyde rose more than fivefold last year to help modernise Trident.
SNP MPs wined and dined by arms companies
An SNP MP who criticised UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia has received more than £400 worth of hospitality from a defence lobby group.
Nuclear convoy collisions and breakdowns exposed
The nuclear bomb convoys that shuttle across the country have reported 43 safety incidents in the last three years, according to the Ministry of Defence.
£74m: the cost of guarding nuclear bombs and submarines
More than £74 million of public money is spent every year to guard Trident warheads and nuclear submarines on the Clyde and across the UK.
Trident plans ‘in doubt’, says government watchdog
The Infrastructure and Projects Authority told the Cabinet Office that £31bn programme for new nuclear submarines faces "major risks".
Oops: MoD releases secret Nato report
A "restricted" Nato air exercise manual with codewords, ciphers and co-ordinates is mistakenly circulated to fishing and ferry operators.
Trident safety blunders exposed 20 workers to radiation, says MoD
Trident submariners were guilty of a “prolonged and repeated failure” to understand and control reactor risks at the Faslane nuclear base on the Clyde.