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By Nicola Haseler & Lewis Adams. BBC News, Bedfordshire. 28 Feb 24 A former Royal Engineer who witnessed several atomic and hydrogen bomb explosions as part of the UK's nuclear tests said he was a "guinea pig". Brian Cantle, from Bedfordshire, was 21 when he was sent to Christmas Island as part of his national…

Royal Engineer Brian Cantle recounts experiences of explosive tests on Christmas Island in 1957.

An accident at one of the Port of Charlestons container terminals damaged a gantry crane and caused more than $500,000 in damages, federal officials said.

Forgotten in the decades following World War II, the Nazi U-boats were re-discovered in their crumbling concrete bunker in the 1980s.

Maidstone (Season 23 Episode 10 of 10): Adapting the home of a former paratrooper who struggles to walk unaided. DIY SOS: The Big Build airs on W HD at 11:00 AM, Friday 12 January. Adapting the home of a former paratrooper who struggles to walk unaided

For seven decades, the men who took part in Britain's top-secret nuclear weapons tests were ignored by successive governments. After a four-year Daily Mirror campaign, they finally got their 'medal for heroes'

Maidstone (Season 23 Episode 10 of 10): Adapting the home of a former paratrooper who struggles to walk unaided. DIY SOS: The Big Build airs on W HD at 10:00 AM, Wednesday 20 December.

Editor’s note: This is the second of three articles reflecting on unique stories associated with Christmas week.

A veteran of the UKs nuclear testing troops from the RAF who now lives in Cwmbran has expressed his pride at finally being recognised with a…

I was particularly interested in your article regarding the veteran receiving his nuclear test medal, I believe the barrage balloon method of…