A group of travellers have been ordered to leave an illegal site opposite one of Britain’s largest nuclear weapons factories, a High Court judge has ruled.
The group had built 13 static homes on the land opposite the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)’s Aldermaston site in Berkshire in 2025.
Last year, ‘anxious’ locals said they were left ‘fearing for their safety’ and had called on their local council to step in and stop the group from building.
Hundreds signed a petition after construction began next to the sprawling campus, which is the largest of three locations where Britain makes nuclear warheads.
West Berkshire Council had issued
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