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John Hemingway obituary

Irish RAF fighter pilot in the second world war and one of ‘the Few’, who later became a wing commander

The Guardian - UK

Doctor who took months to get symptoms checked dies weeks after rare cancer diagnosis

A London lawyer and former RAF officer has penned a poignant account of her grief after her husband, a doctor, delayed seeking medical help for stomach pains and tragically died just weeks after a rare cancer diagnosis.

The Independent UK

"He lives on in the lives of the people he saved and those he coached and mentored" – climbers pay tribute to mountain rescue legend

David Whalley, who has died at the age of 72, was one of the UK’s most experienced mountain rescuers

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Ex-RAF pilot who killed himself and four others on M6 was suicidal, inquest hears

Coroner records Richard Woods’s death as suicide after he crashed into family’s car while driving wrong way

The Guardian - UK

Drunk man who killed Scots family on M6 'did so deliberately', inquest told

A man who drove the wrong way on the M6, killing himself and a family of four Scots, intended to take his own life, an inquest into the incident has…

The National (Scotland)

Drunk Military Personnel Cut Paddington Bear Statue In Half And Take It To Base, Get Sentenced

Surveillance footage captured the two military personnel kicking and destroying the statue during their drunk night out. The post Drunk Military Personnel Cut Paddington Bear Statue In Half And Take It To Base, Get Sentenced first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Shocking moment drunk RAF engineers break and steal Paddington Bear statue

Judge called two Royal Air Force engineers responsible ‘the antithesis of everything Paddington stands for’

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Judge accuses RAF pair of ‘wanton vandalism’ for destroying Paddington Bear statue

Destruction of statue by RAF engineers described as ‘the antithesis of everything Paddington stands for’

The Guardian - UK

Second World War veteran known as ‘the Poppy Man’ made an MBE

George Kelly, 101, was honoured in recognition of more than 40 years of voluntary service to the Royal British Legion.

Evening Standard

CCTV shows moment men break and steal Paddington Bear statue

This is the moment two RAF engineers pull a Paddington Bear statue off a bench in Newbury.

The Independent UK

Former Baader-Meinhof militant goes on trial after decades on the run

Daniela Klette, the last female member at large of the 70s terror network, had been living quietly in Berlin

The Guardian - UK

Member of 1970s German left-wing terrorist group on trial after decades on the run

The trial of Daniela Klette, a former member of Germany's far-left Baader-Meinhof gang who was arrested last year after more than 30 years on the run, started on Tuesday in Celle, northern Germany. The 66-year-old is accused of a series of armed robberies.

Radio France Internationale

Tributes to mountain rescue expert who led Lockerbie bombing response

SCOTTISH mountain rescue expert David "Heavy" Whalley, who led the response to the Lockerbie bombing, has passed away aged 72

The National (Scotland)

Last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain, John 'Paddy' Hemingway, dies at age 105

John “Paddy” Hemingway, the last surviving pilot who flew during the Battle of Britain, has died at the age of 105

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John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, dies aged 105

Prince William has led tributes for Group Captain John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, one of a number known as ‘The Few’

Evening Standard

John 'Paddy' Hemingway dies aged 105: Prince William leads tributes to last surviving Battle of Britain pilot

Prince of Wales said Mr Hemingway’s ‘bravery and sacrifice’ will always be remembered

The Guardian - UK

John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last Battle of Britain pilot, dies aged 105

The pilot, whose squadron shot down 90 enemy aircraft in an 11-day period in 1940, called himself the ‘lucky Irishman’

The Guardian - UK

Dick McTaggart obituary

Scottish amateur boxer who won an Olympic gold medal but dismissed fighting professionally as being ‘all work and wages’

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The Guardian - UK

Buy British: it will help defend the UK against Trump

UK manufacturing is unloved and underinvested – but the defence industry is more essential than ever in a changing political age

The Guardian - UK

British defence jobs and skills will keep us safe, says the PM. So he’d better buy the UK’s jet, not the US one

Why purchase American-made F-35 jets instead of upgraded T5 Typhoons? Surely that would make a mockery of all he promised, says Sharon Graham, general secretary of the union Unite

The Guardian - UK

‘Together in creativity for peace!’ Sain, the indie label pushing Welsh music forward for 56 years

It’s gone from a cowshed to a cultural institution. As its 3,000-album archive gets digitised, different generations explain how Sain deepened Welsh identity

The Guardian - UK

In a frightening new era, Starmer has made his move – and may have found his calling

Diverting money from aid to the military is a grim expedient in a crisis that will surely define this prime minister’s legacy, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The National (Scotland)

UK Government told to 'come clean' on RAF flight to Israel

THE UK Government has been urged to “come clean” on a military supply flight it dispatched to Israel.

The Guardian - UK

High court to hear claim of secret Ireland-UK terrorism defence pact

The agreement, allegedly made in the aftermath of 9/11, would have come into effect in the event of a hijacking or terrorist attack in Irish airspace

The Guardian - UK

What really happened in Calvine? The mystery behind the best UFO picture ever seen

In August 1990, two hikers sent photos of a strange diamond-shaped aircraft to the press – but the story never appeared. Was it a prank, a hoax, an optical illusion or something else entirely?

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