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Hundreds hold vigil against Westminster Abbey's ‘thanksgiving’ service for nukes
Anti war demonstrators hold banners as they protest outside Westminster Abbey, as a service to recognise fifty years of continuous deterrent at sea takes place inside today

FIVE hundred people held a vigil outside Westminster Abbey today in protest at a “thanksgiving service” for Britain’s nuclear arsenal.

The Royal Navy said it held the service inside the abbey to mark 50 years of continuous nuclear-armed submarine patrols.

The demonstration outside was organised by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), including the group’s Christian wing.

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