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Protests against return of controversial arms fair to Telford 'conclude without incident'

A protest against the return of an arms fair to Telford's International Centre concluded without incident on Tuesday after last year's saw six arrested. 

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The Specialist Defence and Security Convention (SDSC) Arms Fair returned to Telford International Centre from November 18 to 20.

Previously, the arms fair was held at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern under the name 3CDSE, but moved to Telford last year under the new name SDSC-UK after extensive protests.

On the first day of the inaugural show in Telford, around a dozen anti-arms protesters blockaded the vehicle and pedestrian entrances to the centre, with activists chaining themselves together and to the fences. The protest resulted in the arrest of six people on suspicion of "aggravated trespass".

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