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Happy Canada Day! Here's what's happening around the North Okanagan
Summerland Review
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July 1, 2025
Happy 158th Canada! This week's historic photo from the Museum and Archives of Vernon shows people getting ready for Dominion Day celebrations in Vernon on July 1, 1914. The country was only 47 years old then. A big party would be held across the...
'I never thought I'd be a widow twice by 49 but I never want my brave husband to be forgotten'
Wales Online
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July 2, 2025
It is hard to fathom what Anna-Louise Stubbings has been through in the last nine years. Anna-Louise is 49 and a widow twice while her daughter has lost her father and stepfather. Anna-Louise's first husband Stuart died alongside the couple's son...
Starmer has no energy, vision or strategy for Britain on the world stage. He offers only weakness, decline and a disregard for the sovereignty of this nation: NILE GARDINER
Daily Mail
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July 1, 2025
Keir Starmer has been a disaster as British Prime Minister. Don't just take my word for it. In the week of the first anniversary of Starmer moving into No 10, the polling guru Sir John Curtice said that he has had 'the worst start for any...
Twelve Days of War: What Did Israel Achieve?
Daily Alert
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June 30, 2025
As the dust settles from 12 days of war between Israel and Iran, the ayatollahs are defiant and have proclaimed victory. In their mind, they have downed Israeli F-35 stealth jets and captured Israeli pilots. They have turned Israeli cities to...
Oh I do lick to be beside the seaside say WW2 heroes - combined age 604
Daily Express
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July 1, 2025
As temperatures rocket veterans cool off with an ice cream by the seaside. Their trip to sunbathed Worthing was put on as a thank you for their service and sacrifice in the year Britain marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World...
“Always a bright force of nature”: Tributes to Dunstable radio broadcaster
Luton Herald & Post
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July 1, 2025
Tributes have been made to a Dunstable radio presenter after his death last week. Simon Marlow, died in hospital in London on Friday, June 27, according to an announcement from British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS). Simon started his radio...
Scottish pub that's home to a mysterious 17th century love story begins a new chapter
Scottish Daily Express
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June 30, 2025
At one stage in history, newlyweds in the British Isles would mark their union by carving their initials and the date of their marriage into stones that were placed above the doorway to their first homes. Many of these 'marriage lintels' survive...
Highs and lows: surveying at different altitudes
Hydro International
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The term ‘digital twin’ has gained significant popularity in recent years, becoming a buzzword in various industries, particularly in the context of emerging technologies and innovations. Hypes come and go, but every hydrographer has come to the...
Saint Kitts And Nevis Participated in And Advocated for The Right to Self-Determination on Behalf of The British Virgin Islands at the Recently Concluded Special Committee on Decolonisation (C-24) Session Held at The United Nations
Nevis Pages
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July 1, 2025
United Nations, New York – Saint Kitts and Nevis participated in and advocated for the right to self-determination on behalf of the British Virgin Islands at the recently concluded Special Committee on Decolonisation Session held at the United...
Inquest held for 'fantastic father' and washing machine runner
Oxford Mail
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Martin Realey, of Wantage, who was charity lead of SSNAP, Supporting Sick Newborns and their Parents, died at his home address on March 9. An inquest into his death held at Oxfordshire Coroner’s Court on Monday, June 30, concluded the charity hero...
Timeless Yarns Dominate Fall 2026 Collections, as Spinners Brace for Ongoing Challenging Year
WWD - New York
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July 1, 2025
MILAN — The fashion industry is grappling with the economic headwinds and geopolitical turmoil denting consumer confidence and the supply chain is feeling the pinch of slower demand, with little to no visibility even on short-term prospects....
Beloved radio star tragically dies in London hospital after four decades on air as colleagues pay tribute
Daily Mail
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June 30, 2025
Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By BETHAN EDWARDS FOR MAILONLINE Published: 15:37 EDT, 30 June 2025 | Updated: 16:36 EDT, 30 June 2025 A much loved radio star has tragically died in hospital after being on air for four decades....
Inside Scotland’s last RAF base – from £3.5BN submarine hunters to Top Gun jets poised to intercept Russian attack
The Scottish Sun
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June 30, 2025
RAF Lossiemouth is poised to play its part in the spiralling Israel-Iran conflict with RAF Typhoon fighter jets being sent to the Middle East. But it’s just the latest war the brave men and women at the Scots military base in Moray have put their...
Forces broadcaster Simon Marlow dies after hospital stay
Radio Today
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June 30, 2025
Simon Marlow, long-serving presenter and station manager at BFBS, has died. He passed away in hospital in London on Friday 27 June. Simon joined the British Forces Broadcasting Service in 2007, initially as a freelance presenter before taking on...
A Brief History of Nuclear Weapons in the Royal Air Force
The Aviationist
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June 28, 2025
For 43 years, the RAF was at the forefront of the UK’s nuclear deterrent, with this mission making up a significant portion of the UK’s Cold War deterrent strategy. The RAF operated primarily in the strategic nuclear strike role from 1954 until...
Celebrating Conor O Brien on the centenary of his pioneering circumnavigation
Yachting Monthly
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June 30, 2025
Celebrating 100 years since legendary yachtsman Conor O Brien returned from circumnavigating the globe aboard his yacht Saoirse. This June marks the centenary of legendary Irish yachtsman Conor O Brien returning from a history-making...
Sodexo Recognised for Supporting Veterans
FM Industry
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June 30, 2025
Sodexo has again been named one of the ’50 GREAT British Employers of Veterans’ in the UK by the organisers of the Ex-Forces in Business Awards. The Top-50 list serves as a guide to organisations that set standards in veteran employment practices...
Happy Canada Day! Here's what's happening around the North Okanagan
Vernon Morning Star
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Happy 158th Canada! This week's historic photo from the Museum and Archives of Vernon shows people getting ready for Dominion Day celebrations in Vernon on July 1, 1914. The country was only 47 years old then. A big party would be held across the...
Meet the team behind Somerset Armed Forces Day
Somerset County Gazette
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Read More: Somerset Armed Forces Day 2025 returns to Taunton in July Ed Cullen, Director and Chairman Retired Major Ed Cullen joined the Army in August1979 as an Infantry Junior Leader at Norton Manor Camp, Taunton. Upon passing out, he joined his...
Starmer’s nuclear weapons spree makes no sense (and who voted for it?)
The Conservative Woman
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June 30, 2025
THE Prime Minister recently announced that the UK will be purchasing 12 F-35A jets and 12 ‘tactical’ atomic bombs from the United States. Strangely there was no mention of either in the Strategic Defence Review published earlier this month. That...