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Published: April 22, 2021 at 8:34 am âWe were ordered to kill the birds which had been injured by the explosion. Some were still flying around, but they were blind, as their eyes had been burned out. We used pickaxe handles to kill the birds. I did not like doing this, but we had no choice because of the terrible condition they were in.â Advertisement On 7 November 2019, during routine Scottish parliamentary proceedings, Member of the Scottish Parliament George Adam read out this piece of shocking testimony from a long-time friend, Ken McGinley. It is just one of many horrific anecdotes to emerge from Britainâs secret nuclear history, many of which are being told by the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association, representing men sent to build explosive devices and to carry out and witness Britainâs nuclear bomb tests. ....
Call the Midwife s Stephen McGann hails important nuclear test scandal storyline Mirror 3 hrs ago Susie Boniface When Call the Midwife star Stephen McGann saw a script about the scandal of Britain’s nuclear tests, he did not need to do much research. Having witnessed the Hillsborough tragedy on April 15, 1989 with brother and fellow actor Paul, he knew how it felt to be a victim of a cover-up following the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans. “I have seen what happens when smaller lives get shattered by a big event,” he says. “The stories don’t get told, and some get hidden when they should get talked about. We need to change the tone of how we talk about the nuclear tests, before these people die without the justice they deserve.” ....