The Civil Aviation Authority is investigating the incident. Plutonium and other highly radioactive material is flown to and from Dounreay via Wick airport and last the Nuclear Free Local Authorities in Scotland commissioned research which highlighted the dangers of such flights in largely unregulated airspace. The land next to the Castlehill Primary School in Wishaw was once the site of a Smith's clockwork factory and is contaminated with the radium used for luminous dials on clocks and watches. While radium levels are not considered too serious prolonged close skin contact could be harmful. The local authority, North Lanarkshire Council, wanted to serve a notice on the present owners to clean the site up but does not have the power.
Campaigner dies A leading campaigner on Gulf War Syndrome has died of the sickness.
Paul Carr, aged 30, served in the British army in the Gulf War and was very active in the National Gulf Veterans' and Families' Association. Mr Carr suffered from a brain tumour, bloated joints, liver problems and skin rashes. He blamed his illness on the injections and tablets he received and he also was in regular contact with wrecked Iraqi tanks which had been destroyed by shells containing depleted uranium. Both Mr Carr's children have health problems he associated with his illness. An association spokesman said veterans were dying at the rate of two a month.