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HISTORICAL FACTS: 27 | History Defined

Council fights plans to house migrants at former Dambusters airbase

West Lindsey District Council says a decision to use land at the disused RAF Scampton – where the Dambusters were based – should be quashed.

The Independent UK

Home Office facing legal action over RAF base housing asylum seekers in blow to plan to stop using hotels

Charity argues RAF Wethersfield is being used as a de facto detention centre and is not suitable as long-term accommodation

The Independent UK

RAF ‘considered stripping Carol Vorderman of honorary title’ after anti-government tweets

Carol Vorderman branded the Tory party as a “lying bunch of greedy, corrupt, destructive, hateful, divisive, gaslighting crooks.”

The Independent UK

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Rishi Sunak backs pauses in fighting in Gaza but rejects ceasefire calls

The Prime Minister said breaks had been discussed at the UN as he announced an RAF plane is flying to Egypt with 21 tonnes of humanitarian aid.

The Independent UK

RAF plane departs UK with 21 tonnes of aid for Gaza

The C-17 aircraft will deliver aid such as medical equipment and water filters to Egypt.

The Independent UK

Man arrested as eggs thrown at vehicles amid further disorder at RAF Scampton

Protests over the site’s use as migrant accommodation have continued for a number of days.

The Independent UK

Russian fighters ‘scrambled over Black Sea to prevent British warplanes approaching Russian airspace’

Russia said the jets were sent to intercept ‘three air targets’ approaching Russian airspace near the Black Sea

The Independent UK

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Windrush: Portraits of a Pioneering Generation – collaborative approach reveals the people behind the paintings

Scotland’s first Black professor, Sir Godfrey Palmer, described the Windrush: Portraits of a Pioneering Generation exhibition as “an acknowledgement that we are the same people from the past … who wouldn’t have [had] our portrait put up in this way”, in a recent BBC documentary.

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Manchester airport temporarily closed and flights diverted after bomb threat to Emirates jet

Greater Manchester Police ‘made aware of an email claiming there was a suspicious package’ on the aircraft

The Independent UK

Manchester airport temporarily closed and flights diverted after bomb threat to Emirates jet

Greater Manchester Police ‘made aware of an email claiming there was a suspicious package’ on the aircraft

The Independent UK

Two men charged with public order offence after protests outside RAF Scampton

They will appear in court in November.

The Independent UK

UK flight lands in Cyprus amid Israel charter plane efforts

The Ministry of Defence confirmed that an RAF flight carried passengers from Israel to Cyprus last night.

The Independent UK

‘Flee while you can’... Israel orders 1.1 million to move ahead of ground onslaught

More than 1,400 have already been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its retaliatory air strikes

Evening Standard

Britain deploys Royal Navy and RAF to support Israel and ‘ensure regional stability’

Surveillance aircraft and auxiliary vessels sent to region as Royal Marines and helicopters put on standby

The Independent UK

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The Hindu

Pakistan team receives traditional warm welcome in Ahmedabad, PCB posts video

Pakistan squad welcomed to Ahmedabad with flower petals, balloons, traditional scarves, dhols and dance. In-flight celebration and cake cutting ceremony organised by cabin crew. 11,000 members of Gujarat police, NSG, RAF and home guards to secure high-profile match.

The Guardian - UK

Armed police surround plane at Stansted airport after security alert

Unconfirmed reports say flight from Nairobi, which was diverted from Heathrow to Stansted, was intercepted by RAF fighters

The Independent UK

RAF jets intercept Kenya Airways flight diverted to Stansted Airport

Aircraft was diverted from London Heathrow after ‘potential security threat’ warning

The Independent UK

Four people arrested during protest over use of RAF Scampton to house migrants

Three men and one woman were bailed with conditions not to go within 200 metres of the former RAF base.

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The Independent UK

Labour promises crackdown on ministers using private jets

Ms Reeves said she will commit to ‘treating taxpayers’ money with the same respect that people treat their own money’

Newslaundry

‘There were 90 pellets in his shoulder’: In Manipur, central forces accused of targeting school students

“They could have used water cannons or lathi-charged the students. But why did they have to use pellet guns to attack student protesters? Have they used pellet guns on school students protesting in Delhi, Mumbai or other parts of mainland India? Then why Manipur?”

The Independent UK

Shapps says £4bn worth of contracts signed to develop attack ‘hunter-killer’ submarines

Hunter-killer Aukus submarines will empower the Royal Navy to maintain strategic advantage under the sea, defence secretary says

The Independent UK

Shapps: £4 billion worth of contracts signed to develop attack submarines

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps also announced RAF Typhoons have been sent to Poland to support the UK’s fellow Nato country.

The Hindu

Mob tries to storm Manipur CM’s home

A mob tried to storm the residence of Manipur CM N. Biren Singh in Imphal East on September 28 evening, amid simmering anger over the murder of two Meitei students who went missing in July.

The Hindu

Manipur violence | Protests in Imphal for second consecutive day against students’ killings

Thousands of students march in Imphal to protest killing of two youths; ITLF women’s wing holds rally in Churachandpur against delay in CBI inquiry into ethnic violence; Police, CRPF, RAF personnel deployed

The Independent UK

RAF Typhoon fighter jets complete ‘crazy’ take-off and landing on single-lane road for first time

Exercise takes place as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ‘reminds us all of the need to be able to disperse our aircraft and be more unpredictable’

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