Able UK's contract with the US Navy to break up 13 obsolete
warships has been highly controversial from the start. At the beginning
of November Environment Minister Elliott Morley demanded that the ships
return to the US. The contract also faces a legal challenge from Friends
of the Earth and three people who live near Able UK - due to be heard
in December. Here is the history of this controversial story.
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27/11/03 Silent 'welcome' for third ship in US toxic fleet
THE third of the Ghost Ships is expected to dock in the North-East today - to virtual silence.
26/11/03 Poll shows 60% oppose move to dismantle ships
A POLL has shown continuing opposition to controversial plans for rusting US warships to be dismantled at a North-East yard.
25/11/03 Latest Ghost Ships are towed into the Channel'
THE second two Ghost Ships were last night in the English Channel and are expected to dock in the North-East at the end of this week.
22/11/03 Environment Agency denies U-turn over stance on ships
WITH just four days to go before the second pair of Ghost Ships arrive in the North-East for a temporary stay, the Government agency at the centre of the storm appears to have backed down.
20/11/03 Ghost fleet 'tip of the rusting hulk iceberg'
THOUSANDS more rusting ships will need to be scrapped during the next few years - and the North-East could be at the forefront of the dismantling effort.
19/11/03 Two more on the horizon
The second pair of condemned US warships heading for the North-East are due to arrive within the week, officials said last night.
18/11/03 Mandelson to speak on controversy
PETER Mandelson will tomorrow give evidence before a House of Commons committee over the
controversy surrounding the Ghost Ships deal.
17/11/03 Dismay as more ships get go-ahead
THE Government was last night accused of "being in a right mess"
over the so-called Ghost Ships after it was confirmed that permission
has been given for two more to dock in the North-East.
15/11/03 Mandelson's fury at ships critics
PETER Mandelson last night launched an extraordinary attack on critics
of an £11m deal to scrap condemned US naval ships in the North-East.
15/11/03 Comment -- All at sea over ghost
ships
IT is good to see Peter Mandelson standing up for what he believes
and fighting for the ghost ships, even though what he believes may prove
unpopular with voters.
14/11/03 'They are disasters waiting to happen'
A SHOCKING statement by an American congresswoman has cast fresh doubt
over the safety of toxic US warships now berthed in the North-East.
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