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Royal Wedding: ‘Just a small family affair’
“We’re supposed to have a small family affair,” jokes Prince William, as a million people throng the streets – and two billion tune in around the world – for his wedding to Catherine Middleton.
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Royal Wedding: pageantry vs security
As the ceremonial military get ready for the Royal Wedding, thousands of police officers begin a London-wide operation to make sure there are no threats to security.
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Army and Navy job losses – RAF operating at ‘full stretch’
As redundancies are announced in the army and navy and the head of the RAF says his service is ‘at full stretch’, Channel 4 News hears calls to re-open the Strategic Defence Spending Review.
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Ark Royal could be turned to scrap metal
As the MOD reveals that it is putting the HMS Ark Royal up for auction, Channel 4 News learns that one the likeliest destinations is a scrap metal yard.
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HMS Ark Royal returns to port for last time
As the HMS Ark Royal aircraft carrier returns to port for the final time after being decommissioned in the Defence Review, it marks the UK’s exit from an exclusive global club, writes Carl Dinnen.
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HMS Ark Royal scrapped in Defence cuts
The Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is to be scrapped along with its fleet of Harrier jets as the coalition prepares to announce cuts in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
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Sudan crisis: thousands of British nationals stuck in war zone
There’s a Royal Navy frigate nearby and an RAF plane has landed in Port Sudan – as ministers admitted the “job isn’t done” when it comes to rescuing thousands of British passport holders trapped by the fighting.
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UK denies Russia fired warning shots at British destroyer in Black Sea
The ministry of defence has denied claims by Russia that it fired warning shots at a Royal Navy ship in the Black Sea, near the disputed territory of Crimea.
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French fishermen end six-hour protest over Jersey fishing row
Two Royal Navy boats are preparing to return to port after French fishermen ended their protest off the coast of Jersey over new rules on fishing rights.
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Would D-Day have happened if a Trump-style president had been in power in the 1940s?
Kathy Burk, Emeritus Professor of History at University College London, Rear Admiral Alex Burton, formerly of the Royal Navy, and Anne Applebaum, a columnist at the Washington Post, discuss the D-Day anniversary.
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Trident ‘whistleblower’ William McNeilly detained
The Royal Navy submariner who published a dossier of alleged security failings of the Trident nuclear programme has been “apprehended” by Royal Navy Police.
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Queen names biggest-ever British-built warship
The Queen names the Royal Navy aircraft carrier, the Queen Elizabeth, at the navy dockyard in Rosyth. At 65,000 tonnes, it is the biggest warship ever built in the United Kingdom.
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Britain’s Polaris deterrent – ITN archive (1967/8)
As the government reviews renewal of the Trident nuclear deterrent, Ian Searcey dives into the ITN archives and pulls up two items from the beginnings of the Royal Navy’s atomic programme.
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US firm to run search and rescue helicopters in UK
A new job for Prince William? Britain’s search and rescue helicopter service will be run by US firm Bristow Helicopters rather than the RAF and Royal Navy, as Siobhan Kennedy reports.
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Government fighter decision ‘rushed and flawed’, MPs say
The Ministry of Defence is strongly criticised by MPs today over the “flawed” decision to switch fighter aircraft for the Royal Navy’s new carriers.