Arrests at anti-nuclear protest
Protesters have been arrested at a Berkshire weapons site after obstructing the location.
Protesters arrested at weapons site
Eight protesters have been arrested at a nuclear weapons site in Berkshire after trying to blockade the area.
They were detained on suspicion of obstruction of a public highway and are now in police custody.
The arrests were made at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) site in Burghfield.
According to the website Action AWE, the non-violent civil resistance blockade started at the site at 7am this morning.
A notice on AWE's website said: "The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) atBurghfield is the place where Britain's nuclear warheads are assembled and from where the nuclear convoys take them up to Scotland to put on the Trident submarines."
"We want disarmament now."
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