British StormShroud drones that make RAF F-35 and Typhoon fighter jets INVISIBLE to enemy radars rolled out - as PM vows to 'stand up to Putin' with more advanced aerial tech

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 02:05 UTC

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Sir Keir Starmer visited the defence contractor's headquarters on Friday and was given a showcase of the new autonomous drone's capabilities.

Margaret Drabble: ‘Our family had a passion for Georgette Heyer’

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The author on re-reading The Mill on the Floss, discovering the eccentric genius of Georges Perec and the comforts of Lee Child

My earliest reading memory
I remember very clearly being taught to read…

Militarily cosying up to Trump in Yemen cannot end well for the UK | Paul Rogers

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

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US foreign policy is turning it into a global pariah – yet Labour’s strike on the Houthis represents a new level of support

Paul Rogers is emeritus professor of peace studies at Bradford University

Thi…

Man, 64, was so 'devastated' by Paddington Bear statue being destroyed by RAF engineers that he got TATTOO to celebrate icon's return

found 2025 › Apr › 09 (Wed) @ 23:55 UTC

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Royal Air Force engineers broke the iconic sculpture in half and made off with part of it Newbury, Berkshire, last month.

Disabled RAF hero pilot says government welfare cuts will ruin his life as he urges Starmer to reconsider

found 2025 › Apr › 09 (Wed) @ 11:15 UTC

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Ian Hewitt was just two months into his air force training when he suffered the horror injury, which ended his military career. He has been forced to live with ''paralysis, seizures and chronic pain'…

Labour scraps review into 'woke culture' in the Armed Forces

found 2025 › Apr › 05 (Sat) @ 22:15 UTC

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Last month, the Daily Mail revealed that diversity-hiring practices had contributed to a 30 per cent shortfall in pilots at the ranks of flight lieutenant and squadron leader in the RAF.

Face of RAF pilot who killed four members of family in suicidal motorway crash as inquest hears he would have faced manslaughter charges if he'd survived

found 2025 › Apr › 04 (Fri) @ 01:10 UTC

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Richard Woods drove 1.1 miles in the wrong direction on the fast lane of the M6 near Tenby in Cumbria for at least 57 seconds as motorists had to serve to avoid him on October 15, 2024.

Scientists finally reveal if Tunnock's Teacakes are fit to fly 60 years after they were banned by RAF for exploding in cockpit

found 2025 › Apr › 03 (Thu) @ 14:50 UTC

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The RAF Centre of Aerospace Medicine in Henlow, Bedfordshire, lifted the treats to 8,000ft inside an altitude chamber normally used in the training of new jet pilots.

Leaked White House group chat detailing war plans put RAF pilots at risk, former military boss says

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 06:07 UTC

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A British Voyager plane was reportedly used to refuel American jets defending the aircraft carrier that launched the strikes on March 15, killing more than 50 people.

Remarkable bravery of teacher who survived 1,600 parachute TEST jumps in WWII and even trained dogs to leap from planes is revealed 80 years later

found 2025 › Mar › 27 (Thu) @ 16:23 UTC

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Unsung hero Charles Agate taught PE in a Surrey school before choosing to sign up for the RAF , even though he was in a 'protected' profession.