11 Aug 08: More anti-terror police at power stations: Stop Hinkley campaigners fear that extra armed nuclear police will restrict their protests against developments at Hinkley Point. Stop Hinkley has already found that its website is monitored by Bridgwater police who have telephoned the group at an early stage when protests might be likely. More >>>

24 Jul 08: EdF set to buy Hinkley company: Campaigners have railed at the news that French government owned EdF are set to buy British Energy who own Hinkley Point B and seven other UK nuclear power stations. EdF look set to increase their bid. Stop Hinkley campaigners are concerned about poor maintenance at nuclear plants operated by EdF's sister company Areva which this week led to one hundred nuclear workers becoming contaminated at a reactor near Avignon. More >>>

09 Jul 08: New planning laws restrict public say on reactors: New planning laws currently going through parliament will restrict the public's voice on proposed new reactors at Hinkley and Oldbury. The Planning Reform Bill is now with the House of Lords following a Commons vote contested by 68 labour rebels and the Liberal Democrats. More >>>

11 Jun 08: Immigrant rules to be relaxed for nuclear workers: The government is to relax immigration rules in order to fill jobs in the nuclear industry, following predictions that the UK will have insufficient workers to build the planned fleet of nuclear power stations. More >>>

08 Jun 08: Stop Hinkley steps up campaign: The Stop Hinkley campaign has appointed a high-flying new campaigner in response to EdF's plans to build two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point. David Taylor, Alan Jeffery and Richard Carder were appointed as 'Spokesman', 'Assistant Coordinator' and 'North Somerset Representative' respectively at a Stop Hinkley meeting. More >

16 May 08: Hinkley 'scrammed' last week: One of the reactors at Hinkley 'B' was 'scrammed' by an automatic trip on 8th May. At the time British Energy said the reactor shut down had been due to an electronic problem on the conventional side and was not serious. The news emerges after it was revealed Hinkley is missing its last-resort safety system. More >>>>>

13 May 08: Wind-farm rights sold to nuclear developer: The rights to West Hinkley wind-farm have been sold off to Electricite de France who have already announced their intention to build one or two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point. More >>>>>

09 May 08: EDF buys Hinkley land for reactor: French-owned utility EDF has quietly bought up land next to Hinkley Point in a move which furthers the likelihood of a third nuclear reactor being built there. At a British Energy 'community meeting' at Cannington recently British Energy and BERR suggested that two reactors could be built at Hinkley. More >>>>>

09 May 08: Hinkley faces closure over missing safety system: Hinkley Point B has been warned by the nuclear regulator that it faces being shut down this year if it does not fit a 'tertiary' safety system at a cost of many millions. Campaigners are calling for a public inquiry, astonished that the 'boron beads' system was never fitted as this leaves the ageing and corroded reactor vulnerable with only two lines of defence. More >>>>>

28 Apr 08: Bid to build unproven reactor at Oldbury: Shut Oldbury campaigners reacted with dismay at proposals to build an unproven nuclear reactor at the Oldbury site in South Gloucestershire. A consortium is bidding to build a Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactor at the site where the existing corroded reactor is due to close at the end of this year. More >>>>>

08 Mar 08: Green Audit response to Public Health Observatory: Green Audit, whose study showed a three-fold excess of infant mortality in estuary populations near Hinkley Point, has responded to a briefing paper by the South West Public Health Observatory which claimed no significant increases. More >>>>>

06 Mar 08: Denial based on switched figures: A report by health officials denying high infant death rates near Hinkley Point may have diluted the statistics by examining populations less likely to be affected. Stop Hinkley is now calling for a look at the 'big picture' with credible research into the risk of breast cancer, leukaemia and infant mortality concentrated in the same affected populations. More >>>>>

29 Feb 08: Study shows extra infant deaths near Hinkley: A new study has shown a three-fold excess of infant mortality in nearby towns bordering the Severn Estuary, downwind of Hinkley Point, and is the subject of BBC Inside Out West. The study by Dr Chris Busby of Green Audit has been supported by a former Director of the South West Cancer Registry. More >>>>>

05 Feb 08: Hinkley B to shut again: Campaigners have pointed to the fragility of sensitively placed boilers at Hinkley B following the news that the twin reactors will both have to shut down this year following a seven month outage last winter. More >>>>>>>

10 Jan 08: Response to Hutton announcement: Stop Hinkley has responded with disappointment at the Government's formal announcement to allow a new fleet of reactors with Hinkley a favoured site. The Business Secretary John Hutton formally invited private companies to "bring forward" their plans to build nuclear reactors but campaigners said that there was nothing to stop them doing so before now except the enormous cost that has prevented privately built reactors anywhere in the world up to now. More >>>>>>>

09 Jan 08: Media event at Hinkley Point: A group of environmental campaigners will voice their protest at the Government announcement to back a new generation of nuclear power stations due to be made tomorrow lunchtime. Energy Secretary will announce a new Nuclear Bill and Energy White Paper to the House of Commons. Stop Hinkley campaigner, Charlie Graham will take interviews near Hinkley Point accompanied by representatives from other local groups. More >>>>>>>

08 Jan 08: Anger at Cabinet nuclear decision: Stop Hinkley campaigners have responded with anger at today's Cabinet decision to support a new generation of nuclear power stations, in advance of the expected announcement of the Energy white Paper and Nuclear Bill on Thursday lunch-time. But the local group poses the question - Just what's new in the government's pledge? More >>>>>>>

04 Jan 08: Campaigners support academics' condemnation of nuclear plans: An academic report condemning the Government's plans to push though a new generation of nuclear power stations has the backing of Stop Hinkley. The group of academics who specialise in nuclear, energy or public consultation issues has criticised the Government's most recent Energy Review as not addressing the risks from radiation, disposal of nuclear waste and vulnerability to a terrorist attack. More >>>>>>>

27 Dec 07: Proposals to put off maintenance at Oldbury: Proposals to put off maintenance for twelve months while continuing to run ageing Oldbury nuclear power station have been branded as completely outrageous by campaigners. Reactor 2 at Oldbury suffered a series of incidents when it was restarted after two years of inspections last May. More >>>>>>>

27 Nov 07: Campaigners oppose move towards Hinkley: Campaigners reacted angrily to moves by British Energy towards building a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point. Hinkley Point was today announced by British Energy as one of four sites in the UK where they would like to build a new reactor. All the potential sites are in England, highlighting Scotland 's opposition to nuclear power and despite British Energy's headquarters being based in East Kilbride. More >>>>>>>

26 Oct 07: Renewed calls for closure following new reactor core problems: A top nuclear consultant has called for Hinkley's immediate closure following a regulator's report stating the reactor core support system is potentially unsafe. Key structural engineering components supporting Hinkley's cracked reactor core have been discovered to be more prone to failure than previously assumed. More >>>>>>>

24 Oct 07: Expert outlines risk of n-waste burial scheme: A former Government nuclear advisor told a packed meeting in Watchet of the risks and misunderstandings surrounding the Government's plan to find a site to bury the UK 's most toxic nuclear waste. Over sixty people heard Pete Wilkinson, former member of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, express his concern over the committee's recommendations to bury High Level Waste in a Deep Geological Repository. More >>>>>>>

15 Oct 07: UK 's nuclear waste coming to Somerset? A public meeting, Watchet 23rd October. A former Government advisor on nuclear waste will voice his concerns at a public meeting in Watchet over proposals to bury all of the UK 's legacy of toxic nuclear waste at Hinkley Point. More >>>>>>>

28 Sep 07: Stop Hinkley third group in national consultation: Supporters of local campaign group Stop Hinkley submitted more than one in ten of the letters in last year's Government Energy Review, making it the most significant group after Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace in the national consultation. More >>>>>>>

06 Sep 07: Campaigners demand extra safety on n-dump: Stop Hinkley campaigners have demanded extra safety measures at a proposed nuclear waste site at Hinkley Point. More >>>>>>>

20 July 07: Hinkley features in international childhood leukaemia study: A new compilation of international studies into childhood leukaemia shows a 23 percent increase in the disease near over two hundred nuclear sites including Hinkley Point. More >>>>>>>

12 July 07: New Oldbury incident triggers demand for closure: Oldbury nuclear power station was forced to shut down due to vibrations in a turbine linked to the reactor, the second recent event causing the reactor to be 'tripped', triggering repeated demands to permanently shut the power station and questions about its augmented role funding the decommissioning authority. More >>>>>>>

17 June 07: Cautions overuled in Oldbury report: An internal report shows that a nuclear reactor at Oldbury is unsafe to operate but, despite cautions concerning a nuclear fire, is allowed to operate for six months. The same safety document reveals that a new safety system should be installed and an automatic 'trip' system is periodically suspended. But despite these concerns reactor 2,as still recently allowed to restart on a temporary basis. More >>>>>

04 June 07: New report shows regulators' concerns over Oldbury: An internal report shows that a nuclear reactor at Oldbury is unsafe to operate through to its planned closure date of December 2008. The same safety document reveals that an automatic 'trip' system has been suspended and a new safety system should be installed which could take two years to fit. But despite these concerns reactor 2, which has already been closed for two years for safety reasons, was recently allowed to restart. More >>>>>

30 May 07: Fire at Oldbury triggers new demands for closure: Campaigners have again demanded the permanent closure of Oldbury nuclear power station following a generator fire in a reactor which had just restarted after a two year shut-down. A fire developed in one of the generators linked to reactor 2. The insulation around the generator was doused by automatic systems and the reactor was manually shut down. More >>>>>

25 May 07: Hinkley, Oldbury and Berkeley listed for new reactors: Three West Country sites have been favoured for new nuclear reactors. The DTI commissioned report was slipped out amongst the hundreds of pages published yesterday. Hinkley Point is at the top of the list showing the industry's favoured sites for building the nuclear plants proposed by the Government in its Energy White Paper. More >>>>>

24 May 07: Consultation underplays nuclear risk at every point: The forcibly relaunched Nuclear Consultation by the Government seriously underplays the risk from nuclear power at every point. Stop Hinkley campaigners have noted a series of concerns about the Government's document laying out its favoured position over nuclear power, which they feel misinforms the public on nuclear risks and does not present the position of critics. More >>

23 May 07: Dismay at plans for Hinkley C. Stop Hinkley campaigners have expressed their dismay at the Government plans expected this afternoon to announce Hinkley Point as a site for a new generation of nuclear power stations. More >>>>>

17 May 07: Fears of Oldbury restart. Campaigners fear that a reactor that has been shut for two years through safety concerns is about to be fired up again this month. Shut Oldbury campaigners are appalled at the safety risks involved in restarting the corroded reactor and are fearful that the back-up safety systems are inadequate. More >>>>>

02 May 07: Campaigners rail at Hinkley 10 year license. Campaigners have branded the new life extension given to Hinkley Point B as outrageous and questioned if political motives are at play. The thirty year old reactor has passed a ten year 'Periodic Safety Review', valid up to 2017. But Stop Hinkley campaigners are astonished as only last year the nuclear safety regulators published documents saying Hinkley's cracked graphite reactor core prevented it being re-licensed as there was an increased risk of an accident. More >>>>>

25 Apr 07: Burnham breast cancer excess 70% over ten years. Newly released figures show that Burnham North has suffered a seventy percent excess of breast cancer mortality over the decade to 2005. The new statistics confirm a worrying trend first discovered in research by Dr Busby in 2000 where Burnham North stood out from 150 Somerset electoral wards studied for cancer deaths with twice the expected number. More >>>>>

18 Apr 07: Were organs secretly removed from Hinkley workers in post-mortems? Organs of former nuclear workers at Hinkley Point may have secretly been removed and tested for radiation during a thirty year period up to the early nineties. The Radio 4 Today programme has revealed that nuclear workers at Sellafield and other nuclear sites had organs and tissues removed from their bodies at post-mortems, apparently without the knowledge or permission of their relatives. More >>>>>

16 Feb 07: CAMPAIGNERS RAIL AT NEW HINKLEY PLANS Local campaigners have responded angrily to plans to site a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point. British Energy have for the first time publicly announced their intention to build a third power station in West Somerset . The Stop Hinkley campaigners list a host of reasons on environmental, health, safety and terrorism grounds as to why the plant should never be built. More >>>>>

15 Feb 07: High Court judgement welcomed by campaigners.  Campaigners welcomed a High Court judgement which today said the Government's recent Energy Review, promoting nuclear power, was 'deeply flawed' and 'misleading'. The judge declared that the Government had not been open on areas such as nuclear waste and costs of the nuclear project and a new Review must take place. More >>>>>

21 Dec 06: Hinkley shut till spring, then low output for a year. Yet more cracked boiler tube pipes at Hinkley Point nuclear plant have contributed to an extended closure till the end of March. 'Tail pipes' at the top of the difficult to access boilers were found to need repair in reactor 4. Although this has now been done, reactor 3 requires a similar inspection and repair work. A detailed safety case then needs to be put together and approved by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate.

08 Dec 06: Hail of criticism in Hinkley report  Radio 4's flagship investigative programme, File on Four, last night (Tuesday) poured a hail of criticism on Hinkley Point nuclear power station and its operators British Energy, describing Hinkley as 'old and unreliable hardware'. Cracks in Hinkley's reactor core and adjacent boiler tubes were the focus of penetrating questions in the forty minute 'Panorama' style programme.

20 Nov 06: Hinkley restart dates in doubt. Stop Hinkley has received information under the Freedom of Information Act to confirm that the 'expected' restart dates for Hinkley Point B had not been cleared by the nuclear safety regulator.

18 Nov 06: Hinkley woes deepen. A top casualty has been incurred at British Energy following the series of problems at Hinkley Point B, whilst safety regulators have railed at the company's suggested rapid timescale for repairs.

25 Oct 06: End of the road for Hinkley. The nuclear safety regulators have released a document saying that Hinkley B is unable to make a safety case in respect of its graphite reactor cores at the end of its current licensing period. The NII report says clearly that a safety case cannot currently be made and outlines the engineering dangers: that most graphite bricks will crack in the near future thus jeopardising the safe running if the reactor.

25 Oct 06: No to bribes to take n-waste Stop Hinkley campaigners have railed at the Government support for nuclear waste proposals. These include offering incentives to local communities who are prepared to run the risk of having nuclear waste repositories nearby.

11 Oct 06: Reactor hit by more cracks Campaigners have demanded the permanent closure of Hinkley B following news of more age-related cracks, this time in its boiler tubes. Currently one of the thirty-year old plant's twin reactors is prematurely shut down for inspections and repairs after excessive cracks were discovered in the two virtually identical reactors at Hunterston in Ayrshire.

30 Aug 06: Oldbury shuts completely despite industry £5 million spent on graphite tests Both reactors will shortly be shut as safety regulators say they have seen nothing to persuade them that Oldbury nuclear power station is safe to restart and despite the industry spending more than £5 million researching the safety of graphite reactor cores.

31 Jul 06: Campaigners condemn n-waste plans Stop Hinkley campaigners have condemned plans announced today for dealing with the legacy of nuclear waste in Britain.

09 Jul 06: Government needs European cooperation on carbon to pay for nuclear Early signals about the Government Energy Review suggest that it will not subsidise nuclear new build but will try and jig the electricity market in its favour by putting up the price of carbon-emitting generators. One analyst has said this carries much future uncertainty, which may not attract city investors to the industry.

05 Jul 06: Top engineer says shut Hinkley 'B' immediately Stop Hinkley campaigners are supporting calls for Hinkley Point 'B' power station to be closed immediately. Top nuclear engineer, John Large, has analysed papers obtained by Stop Hinkley campaigners under the Freedom of Information Act and discovered that extensive cracking has occurred in the graphite bricks which comprise the reactor core, making the reactor potentially unstable.

13 Jun 06: Campaigners rail at Brown's support for nuclear.  Stop Hinkley campaigners have expressed dismay at a signal from Gordon Brown that he supports Tony Blair's revival of the nuclear industry. The Chancellor wrote an article suggesting reforms to energy policy which include nuclear power. This has dismayed campaigners who felt Brown might hold out against Blair's thrust to nuclear due to its unfavourable economics.