Around 50 people joined a picket line at the MoD base at Donnington in Telford.

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The first round of action in the Superleague Formula competition takes place at Donnington Park on 30-31 August.

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About 100 MoD workers set up a picket line, waving flags and sounding horns outside the Donnington base.

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It means the HQ of 143 Brigade will move from Copthorne to Donnington in 2015, alongside 11 Signal Brigade.

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Shropshire already has a couple of hubs which act as 24-hour vehicle and ambulance preparation depots in Shrewsbury and Donnington.

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Last month, Thames Valley Police re-opened the case of a man in his 60s discovered in a disused shed in Donnington, near Newbury.

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The comedy star attended Donnington Junior School and won a scholarship to the City of Oxford High School for Boys, which is now Oxford University History Faculty building, in George Street.

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