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All Creatures Great and Small at 50: why these stories about a country vet still charm today

When Mum was pregnant with me, Dad bought her a paperback copy of James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small because it was an easy, pleasant read. I read my mother’s Pan paperback copy, with its cover image of sheep, farmers, and the vet’s vintage car, when I was growing…

The Conversation

Aerospace company to develop 'first British-crewed military jet since 1970s' at Aztec West

AERALIS has a contract with Britain's Royal Air Force to develop its aircraft as a potential successor to the world's most successful military aircraft trainer - the BAE Systems Hawk

Bristol Post

Over 70 aircraft to celebrate Queen's birthday with six-minute Platinum Jubilee flypast

Dozens of aircraft from the Royal Navy, the Army and Royal Air Force will soar over Buckingham Palace on Thursday June 2, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said

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More than 70 aircraft to take part in six-minute Platinum Jubilee flypast

Dozens of aircraft will soar over Buckingham Palace on Thursday June 2.

The Independent UK

'I was left waiting in A&E for 26 hours in horrific pain with only hard chairs to sleep on'

Julianne Williams, 54, said her experience of the emergency department at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil was 'nothing short of barbaric'

Wales Online

Oman secures release of 14 foreigners held in Yemen: Ministry

Oman’s foreign office says people freed include a British man, seven Indian nationals, a Filipino and a Myanmar citizen.

Al Jazeera

Oman Secures Release of 14 Foreigners Held in Yemen

Oman facilitated the release of 14 foreigners who were held in Yemen and transferred them from Sanaa to Muscat on Sunday, Oman's foreign ministry said. The people freed included a British man, his wife and child, seven Indian nationals, a Filipino, an Indonesian, an Ethiopian and a Myanmar national, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Dozens of Australian RAAF pilots are operating drone strikes from the United Kingdom, Defence Department confirms for the first time

Australia's Department of Defence for the first time confirms the total number of RAAF pilots deployed to the United Kingdom on a secretive mission to remotely operate British armed drones over the Middle East.

ABC News

Royal Air Force Veteran Lays Claim As ‘Britain’s Oldest Facebook User’ – Aged 106

David Smith created his profile in 2017 and still enjoys checking Facebook daily on his iPhone and iPad.

Zenger

US Air Force plane spotted over English coast above North Sea in 'special air mission'

Designed as an "office in the sky", the C-40B is used by the United States Air Force to transport government and senior military leaders around the world

Daily Mirror

£590m RAF contract with BAE Systems secures hundreds of jobs at Anglesey airbase

BAE Systems has been awarded an 11-year contract to continue its support for the UK’s Royal Air Force Hawk fleet

Birmingham Post

RAF deploys fighter jets to Ukraine border as fears grow over Putin's plans

The Ministry of Defence confirmed on Twitter that four fighter jets from the 3 (Fighter) Squadron are being sent to a military base on Romania's Black Sea coast

Daily Mirror

From the Doomsday plane to B-52s, the USAF and RAF planes roaring over the UK as war in Ukraine rages

American and British war planes have been seen criss-crossing the country on a variety of missions and exercises

Wales Online

From USAF B52s to RAF Eurofighters, the military planes roaring over the UK amid Ukraine tensions

People have reported United States Air Force and Royal Air Force fighters and bombers over the country

Wales Online

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The Independent UK

Where are British forces deployed in Europe?

Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force are at locations across the continent.

The Independent UK

RAF aircraft flew hundreds of miles to and from PM’s photoshoot

A Royal Air Force P-8A Poseidon and Typhoon jet flew from Scotland to the base in Lincolnshire ahead of the Prime Minister’s visit.

Liverpool Echo

'I hid who I really was while serving in the military for 18 years'

Caroline Paige spent more than half of her time serving in Royal Air Force as someone she wasn't

Reuters

Britain launches jets against unidentified aircraft for second day

Britain on Thursday launched fighter jets against aircraft approaching its area of interest, a day after the Royal Air Force intercepted and escorted away four Russian bomber aircraft in a similar operation.

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The Independent UK

Johnson warns Putin any Ukraine invasion would be ‘tragic miscalculation’ amid increased tensions

Delayed call came hours after Royal Air Force jets were scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft

The Independent UK

Royal Air Force scrambles Typhoon jets to respond to ‘unidentified aircraft’

A spokesman declined to confirm the origin of the ‘unidentified aircraft’ while the operation is ongoing.

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