Viscountess, 92, used her ‘father’s best naval language’ at bailiffs

Viscountess, 92, used her ‘father’s best naval language’ at bailiffs when they turned up at her farm demanding £1,500 for a water bill Marianna Viscountess Monckton of Brenchley is ‘fed up’ with utility company  She claims does not owe the money as she sold the land either side of her home At the end of … Read more

Pilots escape serious injury as WWII plane crashes in a field near naval base in Somerset 

Pilots escape serious injury as WWII Hawker Sea Fury plane crashes in a field near naval base in Somerset Hawker Sea Fury plane made ‘precautionary forced landing’ amid engine trouble Two pilots were treated at the scene before being taken to hospital for check-up Pictures showed the crashed WWII plane’s propeller separated from wreckage  By Antony … Read more

Pilots escape serious injury as WWII plane crashes in a field near naval base in Somerset 

Pilots escape serious injury as WWII Hawker Sea Fury plane crashes in a field near naval base in Somerset Hawker Sea Fury plane made ‘precautionary forced landing’ amid engine trouble Two pilots were treated at the scene before being taken to hospital for check-up Pictures showed the crashed WWII plane’s propeller separated from wreckage  By Antony … Read more

Princess Elizabeth, 13, catches her first glimpse of dashing young naval cadet

Poor darlings, they have never had any fun yet,’ King George VI wrote in his diary shortly after the end of the war in 1945. By ‘fun’, the King meant the kind of social life he had enjoyed in the 1920s, the non-stop dancing at lavish private balls or to hear Ambrose and his Orchestra … Read more

Russia announces joint naval drill with China and Iran in the Indian Ocean ‘soon’ 

Russia announces joint naval drill with China and Iran in the Indian Ocean ‘soon’ Russia to hold joint naval drills with Iran and China in Indian Ocean this month Naval exercise will see the countries ‘rehearse search and rescue operations’ Moscow’s ambassador to Tehran Levan Dzhagaryan made the announcement  By Bhvishya Patel For Mailonline Published: 20:07 GMT, … Read more

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence board a Naval battleship as they film Don’t Look Up

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence board a Naval battleship as they film sci-fi movie Don’t Look Up in Boston By Sarah Abraham For Dailymail.com Published: 21:54 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 21:54 GMT, 12 December 2020 Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio and a stacked cast of A-list celebrities have been on set in Boston filming … Read more

Russian naval incursions into British waters soar by 26%

Russia has dramatically increased naval and air operations near Britain, raising fears Moscow is exploiting the pandemic to test UK responses. The Royal Navy has been forced to deploy 17 times this year to escort Russian vessels passing through British waters, figures reveal. This is up 26 per cent on last year. Moscow has also increased … Read more

Russian naval incursions into British waters soar by 26%

Russia has dramatically increased naval and air operations near Britain, raising fears Moscow is exploiting the pandemic to test UK responses. The Royal Navy has been forced to deploy 17 times this year to escort Russian vessels passing through British waters, figures reveal. This is up 26 per cent on last year. Moscow has also increased … Read more

Boris Johnson £16bn defence spend to restore UK as great naval power

Britain will become Europe’s greatest naval power again after a £16.5billion boost to defence spending, Boris Johnson vowed yesterday. The Prime Minister said he would ‘restore Britain’s position’ as the ruler of the waves rather than allow the UK to ‘curl up in our island and leave the task to our friends’. Billions of pounds of … Read more

Boris Johnson £16bn defence spend to restore UK as great naval power

Britain will become Europe’s greatest naval power again after a £16.5billion boost to defence spending, Boris Johnson vowed yesterday. The Prime Minister said he would ‘restore Britain’s position’ as the ruler of the waves rather than allow the UK to ‘curl up in our island and leave the task to our friends’. Billions of pounds of … Read more