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Beloved Fife firefighter dies from cancer minutes after wife arrives to say goodbye

Harry Spence, 60, lost his fight with oesophageal cancer last month, a year after he was first diagnosed with the disease following a lifetime of hazardous working.

Edinburgh Live

Beloved Scots firefighter dies from cancer minutes after wife and kids arrive to say goodbye

Harry Spence, 60, lost his fight with oesophageal cancer last month, a year after he was first diagnosed with the disease following a lifetime of hazardous working.

Daily Record

The Stirlingshire man who witnessed 25 nuclear blasts – and lived to tell the tale

A BLINDING flash, intense heat, the spectre of a mushroom cloud creeping skywards – mercifully few of us have seen the full horror of a nuclear…

The National (Scotland)

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Harry Studwell obituary

Other lives: Engineer in the RAF who rose to be a wing commander and later worked as a civilian for the Sultan of Oman’s air force

The Guardian - UK

Moffat's Dowding Commemoration set to remember World War Two's "Architect of Deliverance"

The event remembers the vital part played by Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding in thwarting Hitler's invasion plans

Daily Record

Santander freezes grandad's account for 10 WEEKS and he can't pay wife's care home fees

James Campbell, 84, a retired RAF policeman, was forced to use a credit card after Santander blocked his card for weeks- meaning he couldn't pay his wife's care home bills

Daily Mirror

Red Arrows appeared to have near-miss just before bird strike forced emergency landing

The world famous RAF aerobatic team had to cut short their performance after a bird shattered a jet windscreen

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'Discovering a trunk of RAF letters transformed my relationship to my father'

Author Phyllida Shrimpton has told how the discovery of a trunk of her father’s RAF letters, photographs and memorabilia from 1945-7, revealed a side to her father she hadn’t known existed

Daily Mirror

Horror moment bird crashes into Red Arrows cockpit during show caught on camera

The renowned RAF aerobatic team had their performance cut short following the incident on Sunday, August 29.

Daily Record

Scots OAP left without cash for 10 weeks after Santander freeze account in bungled fraud probe

Retired RAF policeman James Campbell, 84, from East Kilbride, was left unable to pay care home fees for his wife after his account was frozen back in June by the bank's fraud team.

Daily Record

Shocking moment bird smashes through Red Arrows cockpit at air show caught on camera

The world-famous aerobatic team were forced to cut short their performance at the Rhyl Air Show following the bird strike

Wales Online

Red Arrows jet damaged after bird strike cuts display short

The iconic display team were bringing the show to a close

Nottingham Post

Astonishing images of stricken RAF plane show damage caused by 'bird strike'

A "bird strike" on an RAF Red Arrow narrowly missed the pilot's head and left a gaping hole in the cockpit, exposing the flyer to the elements during the Rhyl Air Show in Wales

Daily Mirror

Inside RAF pilot's creepy and abandoned home full of pornography and Viagra

Daniel Sims videos all the 'strange and wonderful things' he comes across in derelict places and found a stack of X-rated magazines in property that little is known about

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This Treasure-Island inspiring Scottish spaceport island is already otherworldly

HAVING been to Unst in the Shetland Islands, I didn’t blink at the news that rockets will soon start blasting off from the UK’s first vertical…

The Independent UK

Red Arrows received ‘unacceptable behaviours and bystander training’

The aerobatic display team was reportedly given unacceptable behaviours and active bystander training following allegations from 40 personnel.

Daily Record

Tribute to the Perth and Kinross few who took to the skies during the Battle of Britain in 1940

The region's RAF men helped halt the Nazi invasion across the English Channel during WWII

Wales Online

Woman who risked life flying RAF fighters in WWII dies aged 102

Jaye Edwards enjoyed a remarkable life

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The Independent UK

RAF chief: Staff concerns around culture to be addressed as a priority

The RAF has been at the centre of a series of negative media reports in recent weeks.

Nottingham Post

Red Arrows members facing investigation into 'toxic' culture following claims of bullying

Senior leaders "swept complaints under the carpet" for years

The Guardian - UK

Red Arrows members investigated over alleged inappropriate behaviour

Minister says some personnel have been removed from RAF’s display team for this season

The Independent UK

Red Arrows facing ‘toxic’ bullying and sexual harassment claims

Some 13 allegations made againt members of RAF’s aerobatics display division

The Independent UK

Red Arrows members accused of bullying, misogyny and sexual harassment

More than 40 personnel, including young female recruits, have provided 250 hours of evidence to an inquiry.

The Guardian - UK

Alan Maddison obituary

Other lives: Quantity surveyor and site manager who worked on the renovation of the Ritz in London in the late 1970s

The Independent UK

RAF recruitment head quit ‘over order to prioritise women and ethnic minorities over white men’

A minister said that any evidence of positive discrimination within the RAF would be investigated

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