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Falklands offers opportunity to engage with the KEMH Maternity Review
MercoPress
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Thursday, August 28th 2025 - 01:06 UTC The KEMH is undertaking a full external review of its maternity services in October this year. The King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) is offering the opportunity for those with experience of using...
Defeat leaves Falkland on the brink
Newbury News
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August 28, 2025
FALKLAND have been left with a mountain to climb if they are to avoid relegation from Home Counties League Division 2. This time last season the Wash Common side were celebrating after clinching the Thames Valley League title. But, after making a...
Falklands’ new sports complex and its fantastic climbing wall
MercoPress
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Tuesday, August 26th 2025 - 09:21 UTC NSC pointed out that this is one of the pieces of their project purchased and built with private sector donations, to enhance the public sector funding One of the center pieces of the Falkland Islands new...
Falkland Islands Meat Company announces plans to avoid future beef shortages
FITV
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August 25, 2025
Falkland Islands Meat Company have put the recent beef shortage in the Falklands down to a lower number of cattle being deemed ready for slaughter. However, they hope to ensure a more constant supply of beef products in the future by both...
Falkland Islands Government launches public consultation on Yorke Bay cafe proposal
FITV
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August 24, 2025
Falkland Islands Government is asking for views on plans to build a café on Stanley Common near Yorke Bay. The private proposal would require changes to existing legislation to allow a lease or sale of land, with the Government launching a...
The elusive contract: why a 68-year-old Briton keeps knocking on the doors of Ukrainian army recruitment centres
Ukrainska Pravda
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In the spring of 1982, forces from the British Army’s Royal Marines set off for the Falkland Islands to fight the Argentinians. The Battle of Two Sisters was one of the defining engagements of the ten-week-long war. Among the troops who took part...
Victor tanker Day, crucial in Falklands’ war, next 28th at the Yorkshire Air Museum
MercoPress
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August 25, 2025
Monday, August 25th 2025 - 23:00 UTC The museum has repainted its Victor K2 tanker plane in camouflage colors. Photo: Yorkshire Air Museum The Yorkshire museum, based at Elvington near York, has repainted its Victor K2 tanker plane in camouflage...
UK boosts antimissile/drone air defense; Falklands already has system deployed
MercoPress
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August 26, 2025
Tuesday, August 26th 2025 - 00:38 UTC Trials of the Land Ceptor weapon close to the Baltic Sea on a Swedish test fire range. Pic: Crown Copyright Britain's defenses are getting a boost. The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced that it is...
Falkland Islands Community School students receive their GCSE results
FITV
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August 23, 2025
Students from the Falkland Islands Community School have received their long awaited GCSE results this week. Early analysis of the results showed positive performances in Maths, and Science, with notable increases in performance across all...
Concerns raised as Falkland Islands 35% increase in Embarkation Tax
FITV
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August 25, 2025
Passenger tax is set to increase by 35% from £37.00 pound to £50 pound from the 1st of July 2026. Concerns around how this tax increase could negatively impact future tourism seasons were raised at last weeks meeting of the tourism board. It was...
Falklands confirm temporary change of Argentine stopover for LATAM flights
MercoPress
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Friday, August 22nd 2025 - 09:01 UTC Passengers continuing to Punta Arenas or Mount Pleasant Airport will remain onboard during the stop The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has announced that Ushuaia Airport will temporarily replace Rio Gallegos...
Falklands Pre-Election Workshops to inform on voting and civic engagement
MercoPress
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Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 08:52 UTC Gilbert House in Stanley is where the Legislative Assembly meets and delivers. In preparation for the Falkland Islands 2025 General Election, a series of Pre-Election Workshops are being held to give voters...
Falklands, BFSAI and MPA capabilities in the challenging winter conditions
MercoPress
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Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 09:19 UTC An RAF transport parked at MPA in a typical South Atlantic winter weather night Whilst personnel in the UK are enduring yet another heatwave in 2025, Royal Air Force Service Personnel on the other side of the...
Campaign group wins apology from government over medical data breaches
Falkland Islands Radio Service
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August 28, 2025
The Falkland Islands Government says sorry for not notifying the police despite being aware patient confidentiality had been breached, and for not apologising immediately. “We accept that those affected by the first data breach had to wait four...
Falkland Islands to host first-ever international shearing tri-nations test match
MercoPress
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Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 20:17 UTC Winners will share a prize fund of £16,000, split between shearing and wool handling categories. An official reception at Government House will mark the occasion The Falkland Islands will host their first...
Ushuaia/Falkland Islands link to take place in alternative temporary stopover
Penguin News
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August 22, 2025
AN alternative airport Ushuaia is to be used temporarily for the Argentine stopover of the weekly LATAM flight to the Falkland Islands. The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) reminded on Thursday that as part of the 1999 Agreement, the weekly LATAM...
Falklands Government releases new Model Tenancy Agreement
FITV
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August 18, 2025
Falkland Islands Government’s Policy department has released a draft Model tenancy agreement with guidance to support landlords and tenants across both government and private sector rentals. This work is part of the Government’s Housing Strategy...
Falkland Islands row erupts as Argentine official goes into meltdown over UK competition
Daily Express
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August 18, 2025
The national senator for Tierra del Fuego, Senator Pablo Daniel Blanco from the United Provinces alliance, presented a draft declaration expressing his strongest condemnation of a British government competition inviting Argentine, Uruguayan, and...
Commander John McGregor, Falklands commander
The Times
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On the evening of May 23, 1982, during the Falklands conflict, Commander John McGregor “watched in fascinated horror” after an unexploded bomb detonated while being defused on the frigate HMS Antelope, which was anchored 300 yards away in San...
Summer here, winter there: How the RAF keeps flying when it's freezing in the Falklands
Forces Network
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While Europe is still enjoying the summer, it's winter in the South Atlantic, creating some icy obstacles to be overcome for the Armed Forces personnel deployed there. Within the British Forces South Atlantic Islands, Mount Pleasant Airfield on...