south close to be glenn. four of those five, they were convicted back in 2011 those five, they were convicted back in 2011 close to england. £53 million worth of cocaine. back then, thejury said they million worth of cocaine. back then, the jury said they took their sailboats into the centre of the english channel of the dead of the night to collect the drugs. they were dropped overboard from the container ship coming from brazil. it was her that they drove and the sale they re both back to the coast of the island where they had the drugs, wrapped around a boy, presumably to curb elect later. the men have always protested their in a sense. they ve been supported by a charity which specialises in miscarriage ofjustice, cases they hear. sirjulian flouts said standing back and you can hear all the evidence available. it was, as he put it, a compelling case of conspiracy to import cocaine, so that appeal has been reviewed. that
shrewsbury 24, included the actor ricky tomlinson. they were arrested while picketing during the 1972 national builders strike, and charged with unlawful assembly and conspiracy. dominic casciani picks up the story. a time of industrial strife, but also a moment of injustice, now only recognised half a century on. this was the 1972 national builders strike that changed health and safety throughout the industry. ricky tomlinson, then known as eric, was a plasterer and strike leader. he was among 24 men prosecuted for intimidating workers to down tools in shrewsbury. four were jailed. and when they left prison, they began a campaign to clear their names that s lasted until today. last month, lawyers of 14 of the men told the court of appeal the prosecutions had been part of a government plot to break the unions. today, judges quashed
the government has to prove to the court it is putting in a plausible plan to end toxic emissions where people live as quickly as possible. this issue is the one it has fallen down on in the past, where the government has said it is going as quickly as possible and the court has ruled, no, we think you can go an awful lot faster. so the pressure is on the government again to come up with results on this issue. as you mentioned, it is still under the jurisdiction of the court because the court case started before brexit. what happens now is if the european commission decides again it does not think the uk is going fast enough, it can send the case back to the court and the court can rule then and potentially and fine the uk. and here we get into murky legal ground, because it is not clear, legally, whether the uk can now say, well, actually, we have left the eu, thanks, we are not going to take up that fine.
that it is putting in a plausible plan to end toxic emissions where people live, as quickly as possible. and this is the it is falling down on in the past, but the government has said it is going as going as quickly as possible, and the court assured we think you can go on off a lot faster. the pressure is on the government again to come up with results on this issue. as you mention, it is still under the jurisdiction of the court, because the court case started before brexit, so what happens now is, if the european commission decides again that it doesn t think the uk is going fast enough, it can t send the case back to the court, and the court controlled and potentially, and fine the uk. and here we get into murky legal ground, because it is not clear legally part that the uk can i say, actually, we have left the eu, we are not going to pick up that phone. we need to see how that one is going to end. find that phone. we need to see how that one is going to end. one is going to end.
is saying that the uk, 0k, so what will happen now is the court is saying that the uk, ok, you have to comply now and especially you have two compliant reasonably quick amount of time. if it does not comply then the european commission could apply again to the european court ofjustice and that would take another ruling against the uk and theoretically, could issue a fine. now, there is an unresolved legal point as to whether britain outside the european bloc would have to pay that fine. 0ne the european bloc would have to pay that fine. one could imagine that ministers would probably decide to say that we are just not paying that now but it still has some way to go. roger, for the moment, thank you very much. in a moment, we ll be live in holyrood for first minister s questions. but first, nicola sturgeon, has insisted she had no motive, intention or desire to get her predecessor alex salmond. giving evidence to the inquiry into her government s handling of harassment allegations