No remembrance

Cops stop nuclear test vets from leaving wreaths outside the MoD

- SUSIE BONIFACE

NUCLEAR test veterans were confronted by police and told not to leave tributes to their comrades as they protested outside the MoD yesterday.

They had marched down Whitehall shouting “no risk, no rigour, no justice,” in their fight to receive a medal.

The demonstration stopped traffic as tearful families laid wreaths at the Cenotaph ahead of Remembrance Sunday. But when they reached the MoD – which has denied them recognition for 70 years – they were told they could not leave wreaths.

When the demonstration moved on, officers removed their tributes.