Original sentence: It is locally believed that, during the Napoleonic Wars, St.Once part of the Royal Dockyard, Chatham, the area had consisted of a mixture of sports fields and warehousing during the later years of the Royal Navy's time in occupation
Edited sentence: (Little evidence in support of this exists, due to the MoD's efforts to squash the stories of former workers dying of radiation-induced cancers).It is also locally believed that, during the Napoleonic Wars, St.Once part of the Royal Dockyard, Chatham, the area had consisted of a mixture of sports fields and warehousing during the later years of the Royal Navy's time in occupation - although local urban legend has it, that the area was subject to radioactivity from nuclear submarines.See House of Commons Hansard Debates 27/10/1997, pt 29.So far, Rudi Molinari is the only former worker to succeed in getting compensation for his cancer, despite the long-running legal battle involving such figures as Jonathan Shaw MP (Chatham and Aylesford) and Linda Robson (former Mayor, whose husband died of radiation-induced cancer)