The Latest Breaking News from RAF

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 · Mar 25, 2025

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 · Mar 25, 2025

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 · Mar 25, 2025

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 · Mar 17, 2025

Dick McTaggart obituary

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

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2025

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 · Mar 8, 2025

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 · Mar 6, 2025

‘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 · Mar 4, 2025

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 Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2025

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 National (Scotland) · Feb 21, 2025