A disabled man whose father was a nuclear test veteran, has said the disclosure of medical records could provide answers he needs for his son.Steve Purse, 49, was born with short stature about a decade after his father, Flight Lieutenant David Purse, served with the RAF in Maralinga, Australia, where British nuclear tests were carried out.The father-of-one, who lives in Prestatyn in Denbighshire, North Wales, told the PA news agency that medical records which he believes are held by the Ministry

A disabled man whose father was a nuclear test veteran, has said the disclosure of medical records could provide answers he needs for his son.Steve Purse, 49, was born with short stature about a decade after his father, Flight Lieutenant David Purse, served with the RAF in Maralinga, Australia, where British nuclear tests were carried out.The father-of-one, who lives in Prestatyn in Denbighshire, North Wales, told the PA news agency that medical records which he believes are held by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) could provide information which would help his two-year-old son Sascha.Flt Lt Purse, who died in 2015, was in charge of the airfield at Maralinga from 1962 to 1963 and told his family he had seen ground zero where nuclear weapons were detonated and that a single strand wire fence separated the area of the desert classed as contaminated.The condition which Mr Purse was born with is a genetic mutation which is probably unique in the world, he said.He believes medical records, whi