All news by author: Susie Boniface
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Bloody truth: Nuclear veterans sign up to join new legal fight against the MoD
More than 100 survivors and families have backed a new lawsuit against the MoD over missing medical records
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Nuke heroes sue UK government for 'bloody truth' over missing medical records
Veterans launch a mass legal fight, backed by the Mirror, demanding "give us the bloody truth", as we uncover a cache of 150 documents proving scientists conducted experiments on servicemen, civilians, and indigenous people at the weapons tests
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Meet the nuclear veterans and families battling the Ministry of Defence
Brian Unthank has suffered 92 skin cancers and lost 13 children to miscarriage. He's one of dozens signing up to battle the MoD over 20 years of missing medical records
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Nuclear veterans still refused a meeting with the PM - as medals are put in post
Veterans who have been victims of state crimes over their medical records are still unable to show the PM their evidence, while a much-wanted medal ceremony with the King has not been arranged
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Nuke heroes may not all get their medal for Remembrance Sunday
Delays have hit the production of the nuclear test medal, with the first ones produced only two weeks ago. Now ministers have admitted not all of the 1,700 who have applied may get them in time
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Nuclear test heroes to get their medals next month - in the post
More than 2,000 people who have waited more than 70 years for recognition were hoping to get the medals personally from the King
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One of surviving 'cloud flyers' holds first medal for Britain's nuclear veterans
John Robinson was at the medal factory in Birmingham to see the first medal roll off the production line after a five-year Mirror campaign to honour Britain's nuclear test veterans
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Medal that Britain's nuclear veterans have waited 70 years for finally unveiled
The delayed and long-awaited nuclear test medal is finally in production, 70 years after Britain's first atomic bomb
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Nuked blood: Test veterans told to search for their own missing medical records
Nuclear veterans whose blood records are mysteriously missing from records of Cold War radiation tests have been refused government help to find them
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Nuked blood: Rishi Sunak is urged to uncover the truth on missing health records
The PM has been told to fix his "broken promises" as MPs urge an investigation into missing blood records of nuclear veterans
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Evidence of crimes against Brit servicemen in Cold War radiation experiments
The nuked blood scandal first exposed by the Mirror last year has uncovered shocking new evidence of possible crimes committed by the British state against its own servicemen
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MoD 'doesn't know' how many veterans are infertile after radiation experiments
Yet another veteran of the Cold War has died alone without family, with friends desperately trying to trace distant relatives in the hope they can attend his funeral
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Furious nuclear test veterans still waiting for medals threaten Cenotaph protest
Veterans of the nuclear tests waged a long fight for official recognition, but a year on from meeting the Prime Minister they're being told the medals are delayed
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Ministry of Defence demands cash back from troubled veterans' charity
The British Nuclear Test Veterans Association says it has recovered from being "effectively insolvent" and insists it is still "financially viable"
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The eye-witness account of an atomic bomb that has haunted a family for 66 years
Neil Haberman wrote a first-hand account of a nuclear explosion and his family later suffered a litany of health problems, reports Susie Boniface. But his daughter fears the British government is still hiding the truth about what happened
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Rishi 'turns his back' on UK's nuclear test vets a year after pledging support
The Prime Minister has refused to look at their evidence of a criminal cover-up within the Ministry of Defence, less than a year after pledging his support for a police investigation
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King Charles could qualify to wear nuclear test medal after Prince Philip's trip
The king is one of thousands of sons and daughters whose fathers were involved in the Cold War weapons tests, and who now have the right to collect a posthumous gong on their behalf
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Nuclear heroes win £250,000 documentary project
Veterans of the British nuclear tests are being sought for a £250,000 project to create a documentary with the British Library, and to be taught to A-level students
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Nuclear veterans are 'the wrong sort of heroes' for a medal, claim campaigners
Campaigners are furious after the Ministry of Defence confirmed not every veteran who took part in Cold War nuclear tests will get a medal
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Nuke heroes can finally apply for a medal after 70-year wait
Applications have opened for the Nuclear Test Medal, just 5 months after it was approved by the King, but it has been blocked for dozens of troops who say they were irradiated on orders of the UK government
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Baby shipped to nuke tests by MoD wants her dad's medal before it's too late
Families are wrestling with illness as they wait for a medal, and still don't have a date to meet Rishi Sunak to discuss further recognition
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Nuked blood: now ministers refuse to tell families why they can't see evidence
The Ministry of Defence holds the results of Cold War blood tests, but won't share it with veterans
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Heroes of Britain’s nuclear tests to finally get long-awaited medal this summer
The forgotten veterans will finally get official recognition for their service 71 years after they helped develop the UK’s first atomic bomb
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UK's nuclear test veterans a step closer to being recognised after 70-year fight
Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer said it is "only right" that nuke deterrent veterans are supported and recognised, and in the coming weeks can apply for Nuclear Test Medals
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Nuke veterans' 70-year battle for medals almost over with applications to open
Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer has announced applications will open within weeks for nuclear test medals, following a four-year Mirror campaign to gain recognition for our veterans
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