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UK ‘dangerously exposed’ due to cuts to combat aircraft fleet, MPs warn

The diminished number of aircraft raises questions as to whether the RAF could defend the country in an all-out war, the Defence Committee said.

The Independent UK

Home Office ordered to stop work on ex-RAF base for asylum seekers

Building work at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire halted after council says it breached planning rules

The Guardian - UK

RAF Scampton: Home Office ordered to stop work on former RAF base set to house migrants

West Lindsey District Council said it believed there had been a breach of planning controls on the site

Evening Standard

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Home Office ordered to stop work on former RAF base set to house migrants

West Lindsey District Council said it believed there had been a breach of planning controls on the site.

The Independent UK

The rise, fall and revival of Goodwood as it reaches 75

In its heyday, make no mistake, the Goodwood Motor Circuit always occupied a very special place within the burgeoning British motor racing scene. It never hosted a world championship grand prix, but it provided a much-loved stage for the infant British motorsport industry to strut upon.

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Care home resident, 102, surprised by a trip to see RAF plane he flew at 22

Peter Lemon, clocked up over 1,000 flying hours, with his longest route taking him from London to Japan.

The Independent UK

Rapist RAF worker jailed after admitting child sex offences

Glenn Poyner has been sentenced for eight offences, including four counts of rape, committed against two girls.

The Independent UK

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Norman Blow obituary

Other lives: Music teacher, oboist and lover of choirs and orchestras

The Guardian - UK

Former RAF cadet defaced Windrush mural with Nazi symbols

The 17-year-old youth from South Wales admitted a string of terror offences and criminal damage and appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday.

The Independent UK

Houses ‘shake’ as sonic boom heard across several counties

RAF Typhoon jets flew over Northampton, Cambridge and Lincoln leaving some residents terrified

Evening Standard

Rare sea turtle swept across Atlantic to Welsh beach flies home to Texas

Tally, a Kemp’s ridley, traversed the ocean in the Gulf Stream and was nursed back to health in Wales

The Guardian - UK

A Very British Space Launch review – as flimsy as Richard Branson’s rockets

There’s lots of fascinating detail in this documentary about Virgin Orbit’s attempt to get Britain into the space race. But like the flight itself, it falls short

The Guardian - UK

RAF officers ‘must stop exposing themselves to women’ says military judge

Jane England dismisses Richard Aldridge over incident at military party near Amesbury, Wiltshire

The Guardian - UK

‘If it escalates it could be World War III’: RAF Typhoon intercepts Russian jets in dramatic encounter

RAF pilot duels with Russian jets in skies above Europe

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The National (Scotland)

How Cyprus has continued to thrive despite persistent divides

CYPRUS – officially known as the Republic of Cyprus - was granted independence from Britain on this date 63 years ago.

WhatToWatch

Top Guns: Inside The RAF: release date, what happens, pilots, episode guide and everything you need to know

Top Guns: Inside The RAF on Channel 4 follows RAF pilots as they prepare for potential conflict.

Evening Standard

RAF jets scrambled to intercept Russian bombers north of Shetland Islands

Armed forces minister James Heappey said crews at RAF Lossiemouth were ready to ‘take action at a moment’s notice’.

The National (Scotland)

RAF jets intercept two Russian bombers flying near Scotland

The RAF has said that its Typhoon jets have intercepted Russian bombers flying just north of Scotland.

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The Independent UK

RAF jets launched to intercept Russian bombers off coast of UK

The Typhoons have since returned to their base in Lossiemouth

The Independent UK

Priti Patel blasts government’s ‘secretive’ five-year plan to house asylum seekers on RAF base

Suella Braverman used an ‘emergency’ planning bypass for a 12-month development at RAF Wethersfield, but leaked memo says it will be used for five years

The Guardian - UK

‘Secretive and evasive’: Patel criticises plan to house asylum seekers at Essex RAF base

Former home secretary demands answers from Suella Braverman about timeframe for government’s use of the site

The Independent UK

Government officials planning for migrant crisis to last for ‘years’

Home Office memo for senior civil servants says government planning to use other sites to house asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

‘The Holocaust happened on British soil’: Inquiry into Nazi camps creates bitter divide on Alderney

An official investigation of claims that many more people than previously thought died during Nazi control of the Channel Island has pleased some, but dismayed others

The Independent UK

Afghan intelligence analyst praised for ‘key role’ by RAF advisers facing Rwanda deportation

Analyst is a ‘talented and hardworking individual’ who is ‘a likely target for the Taliban’

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak uses jets and helicopters most out of previous prime ministers

Rishi Sunak has used RAF jets and helicopters more frequently than the UK’s previous three Prime Ministers, new data has shown.

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