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This is why RAF Chinook helicopters have been spotted flying over Greater Manchester

You may have heard their distinctive 'wocka wocka' sound

Manchester Evening News · Feb 2, 2023

Russia 'resorting to First World War-style attacks' in Ukraine, says Defence Secretary

Amid mounting pressure on the West to supply Kyiv with fighter jets, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warned that even if the UK agreed to send British warplanes 'tomorrow' it would take 'months' to train Ukrainian pilots to fly them

Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 2023

Sunak resists Johnson’s call to supply RAF warplanes to Ukraine

Training a pilot to fly one of the RAF’s jets takes years and the Government is focused on support it can provide now, Number 10 said.

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

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Boris Johnson demands fighter jets be sent to Ukraine despite UK’s refusal

‘Give the Ukrainians what they need as fast as possible’

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

Give Ukraine western fighter jets to fight Russians, urges Boris Johnson

The former Prime Minister dismissed fears UK and US aircraft would prove complicated for Ukrainian pilots, pointing to the success of Polish airmen flying RAF planes in the Second World War

Daily Mirror · Feb 1, 2023

Johnson clashes with No 10 over Ukraine fighter jets

The former prime minister said President Volodymyr Zelensky should be given all the weaponry he asks for.

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Ex-RAF Wing Commander brought in to put care home recruits through their paces

Ryan Mannering has flown fast jets including Tornado GR4 bombers and Eurofighter Typhoons all over the world

Birmingham Post · Jan 30, 2023

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Military jet developer Aeralis to explore AirTanker collaboration

The Bristol-based start-up manufacturer has reached an agreement with the Royal Air Force aircraft maintenance firm, which is owned by Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Cobham, Babcock and Thales

Birmingham Post · Jan 30, 2023

Student nurse accused of planning terror attack with homemade bomb at RAF base

Mohammed Farooq, 27, allegedly intended to use a device made out of a pressure cooker in the attack, a court heard.

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

Donald Trelford, former editor of The Observer, dies aged 85

The veteran journalist helmed the paper from 1975 to 1993.

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

Student nurse accused of planning terror attack on RAF base

Mohammad Farooq, 27, was arrested outside St James’s Hospital in Leeds last week

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

Student nurse appears in court accused of planning terror attack on RAF base

Mohammad Farooq, 27, was arrested outside St James’s Hospital in Leeds last week.

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

Flying shame: the scandalous rise of private jets

Last week, Rishi Sunak flew from London to Blackpool – his third private jet trip in 10 days. He’s far from the only one using air travel for short journeys. Just how much damage is this doing?

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023

How the space sector can be crucial to Shetland's future

THE deputy CEO of a major space agency operating from the Shetland Islands has said he hopes the space sector can play a role in helping form a…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 24, 2023

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Birmingham Post · Jan 24, 2023

The Welsh firm that takes apart decommissioned planes with global growth on its radar

Ecube is an aircraft disassembly company headquartered in the Vale of Glamorgan but with sites in the US and Spain

Daily Mirror · Jan 22, 2023

'Tory sleaze and cronyism now arguably worse than in the last days of John Major'

Tax penalties, police fines, security breaches, bullying and using the RAF as a personal air taxi service - all are engulfing Rishi Sunak's government much like scandals in the late 90s did to John Major's Tories

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2023

Seatbelts, jets and Coke: Rishi Sunak’s growing list of gaffes

The prime minister promised integrity but critics have questioned this in light of some dubious decisions

Manchester Evening News · Jan 19, 2023

Rishi Sunak criticised for flying to Blackpool 'like an A-list celeb' in jet

The Prime Minister was visiting the north west after announcing a £1.7bn levelling up package

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Wales Online · Jan 19, 2023

Prime Minister accused of 'swanning around like a washed-up A-lister' by taking plane

Rishi Sunak took an RAF jet up to Blackpool

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Sunak criticised for ‘jetting like A-list celeb’ to Blackpool

PM took an RAF plane rather than using the railways to get to Lancashire town

Daily Mirror · Jan 19, 2023

Rishi Sunak takes taxpayer-funded private jet on jaunt around Tory target seats

The luxury RAF plane took a 41 minute flight from London to Blackpool, then on a 28 minute trip over to Darlington - as the PM visited key seats the Tories desperately need to hold onto in the next election

Edinburgh Live · Jan 18, 2023

Edinburgh residents in awe as RAF Typhoon fighter jets soar over city

The planes were taking part in a routine training sortie from RAF Lossiemouth and zoomed across the North Sea, through the Borders and of course through Edinburgh.

Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2023

Debt-ridden couple facing eviction from mansion killed dog and then themselves in pact

John and Angela Richardson killed themselves with a shotgun in the 100-acre woodland behind their £4,500-a-month rented farmhouse, after investors started to pull out of a new business they had set up

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023

What’s it like to watch someone die? Ask a drone pilot

Technology used to distance the military from the deaths they caused. Now everything is up close and personal, writes Adrian Chiles

Daily Mirror · Jan 14, 2023

Student retraces perilous journey hero RAF great-grandad took across Europe

RAF pilot Frank Griffiths miraculously survived after his plane was shot down above France and spent 3 months trekking across occupied territory to freedom - now great-grandson Adam Hart is retracing his steps

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