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Chilling drill helps to prepare services for a deadly reality
Cambridge News
|November 27, 2025
MAJOR NATIONAL SECURITY EXERCISE HELD AT PAPWORTH IN CASE OF CHEMICAL ATTACK
CHILLING scenes have seen the UK Government preparing for a deadly chemical attack.
A major national security exercise this month featured up to 600 members of the emergency services, armed forces and partner agencies simulating a multi-agency response to a large-scale chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive (CBRNE) incident.
The drill took place at an abandoned hospital in Papworth, Cambridgeshire, and included police, paramedics, NHS staff and firefighters, as well as specialist agencies such as DSTL, an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) that provides science and technology expertise.
This story is from the November 27, 2025 edition of Cambridge News.
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