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  • 1 month ago | thenational.scot | Rob Edwards

    According to the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the incidents at the Clyde nuclear submarine base had “actual or high potential for radioactive release to the environment”. But the MoD has refused to say what actually happened in any of the incidents, or exactly when they occurred. There were five in 2023, four in 2024 and three in the first four months of 2025 – the highest for 17 years. Campaigners warned that a “catastrophic” accident at Faslane could put lives at risk.

  • Mar 16, 2025 | thenational.scot | Rob Edwards

    SENIOR officials from the UK Space Agency held more than 130 meetings with the Ministry of Defence in 2024, prompting renewed concerns about the “weaponisation” of space. The meetings discussed the spaceport being built at SaxaVord on Shetland, using nuclear reactors in space and collaboration with the US, Nato and arms companies. Two members of the agency’s advisory board also work for the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

  • May 18, 2024 | thenational.scot | Paul Dobson |Rob Edwards

    Tessa Khan of campaign group Uplift said the government must put the needs of the public before ‘the profit-seeking demands of the big multinationals’ LOBBYING on behalf of the oil industry by former SNP spin doctors has sparked fears that the Scottish Government could be about to abandon its opposition to new oil exploration in the North Sea.

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Oh My Goodness #Grizzlies UGH

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Rob Edwards @RobertDEdwards
9 Apr 25

I know it’s a weird play, but why did he stop??? Just keep going! https://t.co/ttGjA8XSk6

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Rob Edwards @RobertDEdwards
8 Apr 25

The basketball in the #NCAAChampionship is wildly overinflated. It’s pumped up to the point that guys can’t dribble and balls are just rocketing off the rim and backboard. We need a deep-dive type investigation into how they prepare the balls for NCAA tournament games. Absurd.