who volunteered between 1960 and 1964. their risk was about 34% increased. so that s definitely something that we want to look at further. we don t know at the moment whether it s associated with any particular testing programme that was going on at the time or any particular experiences that they had at porton down. but we re very curious to find out more. ian says his life s been blighted by medical problems, including breathing and digestion, by long term health, with problems with chess. i used to be very, very prone to chesty coughs and also with mental health. he and other veterans have received compensation from the government, although it s not admitted liability. in a statement, the ministry of defence say they re grateful to those who took part and welcomed the findings. the researchers now want to hear more from those servicemen who volunteered in the early sixties to further understand the reasons for the early deaths. matthew hill, bbc points west. those campaign
doesn t cover police costs, something the coroner was told leads to gun licensing being dangerously under resourced. he also heard how current gun law has a presumption in favour of licences being granted, something he found was at odds with public safety. it is beyond us how davidson, a man with a known history of violence, mental health issues with no real need to own a firearm was granted a licence to possess a gun in the first place. in march, the coroner writes to the government saying uk gun law needs root and branch reform. without that, he says, there could be further deaths. the government had been due to respond two weeks ago. an extension to today was approved by the coroner, but now the government says it needs more time and has been given a further extension to the end ofjune. i think delay is indicative of a reluctance to grasp the issues.