RAF – the Royal Air Force

Ministry of Defence faces historic age discrimination lawsuit that could cost £100m: Thousands of troops could sue over ‘unfair’ military housing charges in ‘unprecedented’ legal claim

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Ministry of Defence faces historic age discrimination lawsuit that could cost £100m: Thousands of troops could sue over ‘unfair’ military housing charges in ‘unprecedented’ legal claim

Tens of thousands of British troops ‘unfairly’ charged to live in military housing could soon sue the Ministry of Defence in an ‘historic’ age discrimination lawsuit that could cost £100 million. Lawyers from UK legal firm Leigh Day have launched a claim against the MoD, accusing it of overcharging some 80,000 young or unmarried personnel … Read more

Body of missing hiker was found using AI drone technology after conventional searches failed to track him down

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Body of missing hiker was found using AI drone technology after conventional searches failed to track him down

The body of a hiker who had been missing in the Scottish Highlands for six weeks was found after a mountain rescue team used A.I. drone technology. A major man hunt had been taking place after Charlie Kelly, 56, vanished after leaving his home, in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, on September 6. Teams from the coastguard, RAF … Read more

More than 6,000 UK jobs are put at risk as Germany controversially BLOCKS a deal to sell British-made Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia

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More than 6,000 UK jobs are put at risk as Germany controversially BLOCKS a deal to sell British-made Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia

Germany will block the Typhoon deal due to Saudi Arabia’s human rights record  By Mark Nicol, Defence Editor Published: 21:26 GMT, 31 October 2023 | Updated: 02:14 GMT, 1 November 2023 Thousands of highly skilled engineering jobs could be lost after Germany blocked a deal for British-made fighter jets to be exported to Saudi Arabia. … Read more

Breakfast sofa star Lorraine Kelly said she’d rather have been an RAF fighter pilot – but her dream was shot down by teacher

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Breakfast sofa star Lorraine Kelly said she’d rather have been an RAF fighter pilot – but her dream was shot down by teacher

Journalist, 63, said teacher ‘chortled’ when she revealed she wanted to get her wings.  By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 00:05 GMT, 28 October 2023 | Updated: 00:05 GMT, 28 October 2023 Her career as a TV broadcaster has been flying high for more than three decades. But Lorraine Kelly has revealed she would rather have … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: London Calling, London Calling… Here is the BBC News read by Lord Haw-Haw

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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: London Calling, London Calling… Here is the BBC News read by Lord Haw-Haw

The BBC and other Left-wing media outlets pump out Hamas propaganda. The Met refuses to arrest demonstrators calling for ‘jihad’ on the streets of London. Labour MPs side with terrorists. All this got me thinking how we could ever have won World War II if the Beeb’s editorial guidelines and Scotland Yard’s woke police procedures … Read more

Last surviving member of the RAF’s heroic ‘Guinea Pig Club’, Polish WW2 veteran Jan Stangryciuk-Black, dies aged 101

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Last surviving member of the RAF’s heroic ‘Guinea Pig Club’, Polish WW2 veteran Jan Stangryciuk-Black, dies aged 101

Polish vet Jan Stangryciuk-Black, 101, is final RAF Guinea Pig Club member to die By Josh White Published: 01:04 BST, 26 October 2023 | Updated: 02:30 BST, 26 October 2023 The last surviving member of the RAF‘s ‘Guinea Pig Club’ has died aged 101. Jan Stangryciuk-Black, a Polish veteran, was one of the airmen who … Read more

Drone photos show new asylum accommodation centre where up to 2,000 migrants will be housed at historic home of the Dambusters – after local fury at Home Office decision to transform RAF Scampton

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Drone photos show new asylum accommodation centre where up to 2,000 migrants will be housed at historic home of the Dambusters – after local fury at Home Office decision to transform RAF Scampton

Aerial photos taken today show the new asylum accommodation centre at the former home of the Dambusters HQ where 2,000 migrants could be housed, amid the Home Office being hit with a legal notice to halt work.  Rows of portable cabins have been placed on RAF Scampton’s airfield, in Lincolnshire, with diggers seen parked up … Read more

Surprise, surprise . . . William turns TV interviewer, and he’s a natural: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV

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Surprise, surprise . . . William turns TV interviewer, and he’s a natural: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV

Pride Of Britain: A Windrush Special Rating: Little Trains & Big Names  Rating: Telly loves a surprise. Once upon a time, that meant Keith Chegwin bouncing onto a grannie’s door- step with a giant cheque, or Cilla Black flying a long-lost cousin home from Australia for a family reunion. Pride of Britain: A Windrush Special … Read more

Life as private vet to the world’s oldest tortoise

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Life as private vet to the world’s oldest tortoise

Vet at the End of the Earth  by Jonathan Hollins (Duckworth £16.99, 368pp) Books by vets tend to follow a similar pattern — stories of beloved pets snatched from the brink of death, a few slapstick interludes involving the back end of a cow or a stubborn horse, and a tearjerking incident or two where the … Read more

Two decades of ‘disrespect’: Council moves WWII memorial featuring embarrassing mistake to its new HQ… after no one spotted error for 20 years

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Two decades of ‘disrespect’: Council moves WWII memorial featuring embarrassing mistake to its new HQ… after no one spotted error for 20 years

A war memorial – featuring a factual error – that had been on a council’s wall for 20 years has been moved to its new HQ… because no one had spotted the mistake.   Cambridgeshire County Council’s multi-million-pound building was opened in 2021 – and includes a plaque moved from the foyer of its old base … Read more