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RAF tornado forced to make emergency landing after bird strike
Tuesday 30 July 2013
A Tornado jet has had to make an emergency landing at a Scottish airport after a bird strike.
Tornado pilot narrowly avoided smashing into glider over Scotland by flipping plane into dramatic inverted loop at 500mph
Friday 26 July 2013
The RAF pilot was on a low-level training mission when he was forced into a inverted loop manoeuvre
Two men killed after swimming in disused quarry in Norfolk
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Bodies found in the water as police and health organisations issue warnings about staying safe during the hot weather
Army reserves to become cyber security and intelligence specialists - and receive more benefits
Wednesday 03 July 2013
As Territorial Army numbers double, force will counter new threats posed by insurgency
RAF's top nurse Wendy Williams wins sexism ruling against Ministry of Defence
Tuesday 25 June 2013
Group Captain brought case after being passed over for promotion in 2011 in favour of male doctor
Last of the flying pencils: Dornier 17 bomber lifted from English Channel
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Wreck of warplane brought to surface after 73 years on seabed
Eat your heart out Amelia Earhart: Loose Women's Carol Vorderman vows to fly solo around the world
Thursday 06 June 2013
Loose Women star Carol Vorderman is swapping the studio for the skies to fly solo around the world.
Johnathan MacKinnon and Stefan Millar found guilty of first murder in Scotland's Outer Hebrides since 1968
Monday 03 June 2013
Attack started in row over a stolen bottle of Paco Rabanne aftershave
Plane salvage operation put on hold due to bad weather
Monday 03 June 2013
An attempt to bring the only surviving German Second World War Dornier Do 17 bomber from its watery grave in the English Channel has been postponed for at least a week due to bad weather.
Dornier Do 17 bomber plane salvage operation on hold
Monday 03 June 2013
An attempt to bring the only surviving German Second World War Dornier Do 17 bomber from its watery grave in the English Channel has been postponed for at least a week due to bad weather.
Vandals deface two London war memorials with 'Islam' graffiti
Monday 27 May 2013
Vandals have attacked two war memorials in central London.
Two men charged with endangering an aircraft after Pakistan Airlines flight was diverted over UK
Sunday 26 May 2013
Armed police boarded the flight at Stansted airport after an RAF Typhoon jet was scrambled to escort the Boeing 777
Red Arrows back with nine-plane displays after safety sign-off
Friday 17 May 2013
Team has flown world-famous diamond formation for first time in 18 months after 2011 tragedies
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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