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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....
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...
New mental health support platform for the Falkland Island community has been launched
FITV
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June 28, 2025
Minding My Mind is a new website designed for the Falkland community which aims to be a ‘first step’ in learning about mental health. The website has been in development since 2023 and it is based on research and interviews from local young people...
Falklands elected lawmakers demand respect for self-determination from UN C24
MercoPress
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Wednesday, June 18th 2025 - 23:06 UTC MLA Mark Pollard, “To those who say this is about sovereignty – I say no. This is about people”. On Wednesday 18 June, two elected members from the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, MLAs Mark Pollard and...
Special event for RSE Day to be held in Falklands Square
Daily Echo
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The Safer BCP partnership, Respected, BCHA, STARS, The Shores and The Talk About Trust will unite to mark the occasion on Thursday, June 26. Falklands Square, Poole, will be the venue for the event from 1pm to 5pm. RSE Day, which began in...
Electoral Area D director urges Falkland to oppose proposed road rescue service
Salmon Arm Observer
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Cost concerns have Dean Trumbley urging Falkland residents to oppose a proposed road rescue service. The Electoral Area D director says he is not opposed to the needed service as "it saves lives," but argues the cost is too high for Falkland...
Falklands veteran HMS Bristol waved off from Portsmouth as she heads to the scrapyard
Forces Network
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A Royal Navy destroyer that participated in the Falklands War has left Portsmouth Harbour and is travelling to Turkey, where she will be recycled. A small group of spectators came to see HMS Bristol, the only Type 82 ever to be built of her class,...
Most of the GCC kiosks sit idle on Besant Nagar Second Avenue
The Hindu
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June 30, 2025
Besant Nagar Second Avenue makes a forceful illustration of Falkland’s law: in the light of what transpired after vendor kiosks were parked on the pavement, the decision to do so seems unnecessary, at best premature. The revenue department of...
Final farewell for an Iconic Falklands War destroyer HMS Bristol
MercoPress
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Saturday, June 14th 2025 - 08:13 UTC Veterans and members of the public gathered to send-off HMS Bristol (Pic MoD) A Royal Navy destroyer that participated in the Falklands War left Portsmouth Harbor on Friday, June 13th, and is travelling to...
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...
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...
Yes, we should support Ukraine
Kiwiblog
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June 29, 2025
June 30, 2025 7:00am by David Farrar Matua Kahurangi writes: Alright, you’re gonna need a vodka for this one. The New Zealand Government has just announced it will send another $16 million of taxpayer money to Ukraine. $16 million taken from...
'Grandad's secret to a long life - two large G&Ts every night'
Liverpool Echo
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June 29, 2025
The family of a beloved great-grandad and Merchant Navy veteran who has died at the age of 102 have paid tribute to him. John Ralph Davies was born on December 8, 1922 in Toxteth and he was the first born of Sarah and William Davies - the eldest...
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...
METHOD IN AMERICA’S CURRENT MADNESS
This Day
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June 29, 2025
In today’s America, anything goes, contends AUSTIN ISIKHUEMEN America, the United States that is, has been regarded as the beacon of democracy for centuries. Never mind that ancient Greece was actually where democracy originated and Britain, that...
The Warrington Angling club changing lives of veterans and emergency service workers
Warrington Guardian
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Blue Light Angling, based in Warrington, is helping veterans and emergency service workers through the therapeutic benefits of fishing, offering free monthly sessions in a calm and supportive environment. The club was founded by Steve Poole, a...
End of an era as Ballymena’s beloved newsagent to sell shop after 45 years
Asian Trader Magazine
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June 27, 2025
Eugene Diamond retires after 45 years. Ballymena shop was a local landmark. Community reaction leaves him “humbled". Tributes are pouring in from the community of Ballymena, Northern Ireland, as one of its most cherished high street fixtures...
Summer 2025 reading from MIT
MIT
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June 26, 2025
Summer is the perfect time to curl up with a good book — and MIT authors have had much to offer in the past year. The following titles represent some of the books published in the past 12 months by MIT faculty and staff. In addition to links for...
'Read all about it'- Inside popular Ballymena newsagent's 45 years behind the counter
Belfast Live
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June 24, 2025
Back when Eugene Diamond first started out in business, Margaret Thatcher was in power and Northern Ireland was a very different place. Now at the age of 67, ill-health is forcing the owner of Diamonds Newsagents to put his beloved business up for...
Well-known NI newsagent puts shop up for sale: 'I'm sorry about the way it's going to end'
Belfast Telegraph
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June 24, 2025
Eugene Diamond has been running Diamonds Newsagents for four and a half decades, and said that now the business and premises would be sold. In a post on X, he announced: “Due to ongoing health problems, I’m going to put my business including...