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Depeche Mode - "Blasphemous Rumours" (1984) The Essex electro-rockers - the most successful electronic band in history - were at their darkest and bleakest best in this song which achieved a Top 20 UK hit. Some listeners may find the lyrics to this song disturbing...

What is it with modern Royal Navy ships looking like they have faces? Is it just pareidolia or a deliberate thing?

Black - "Wonderful Life" (1987) The Liverpool singer/songwriter - real name Colin Vearncombe - had a Top 10 UK hit with this...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to "fight on" after his Labour Party suffered a defeat in a constituency they have held for almost 100 years. The Green Party's Hannah Spencer has won the Gorton and Denton by-election in Greater Manchester, becoming the party's fifth MP. It is...

With accompanying light show, HMS Active, the second of the Type 31 frigates to be built for the Royal Navy, emerged from the Venturer building at Babcock’s shipyard in Rosyth, Fife. On the same day, first steel was cut for the fourth Type 31, HMS Bulldog.

Duran Duran -"Union of the Snake" (1983). Simon Le Bon and Co had a No3 UK hit with this...

Pet Shop Boys - "Heart" (1988) One of the most successful artists in history, the London electropoppers achieved yet another global No1 with this banger. Lead singer Neil Tennant had a previous job as a writer for "Smash Hits" magazine. He met keyboardist Chris Lowe in a hi-fi shop in Chelsea...

Boston child killer must serve at least 25 years A man who stabbed a nine-year-old girl outside her mother's embroidery shop has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years. Deividas Skebas, 26, stabbed Lilia Valutyte in the heart as she played with a hula hoop in Boston, Lincolnshire, on 28 July...

In my opinion, Ireland should rejoin the UK, which it left in 1922. If she's now desiring the Royal Navy to defend her own waters then she shouldn't have seceded from the Union. The Royal Navy would still have been there all along. I think it's only a matter of time before we have a...

The Republic of Ireland has decided to allow Royal Navy warships to patrol her waters. The small country with a tiny navy has decided to turn to her much larger next door neighbour for her maritime defence. Ireland has also agreed to such an arrangement with France. The country is seeking...

The Rasmus - "In The Shadows" (2004) The Finnish rockers had a No3 UK hit with this in the year the Queen Mary 2 - then the largest ocean liner ever built - was launched by Queen Elizabeth II, the granddaughter of Queen Mary of Teck, after which the ship is named; Kodak phases out film-based...

I wonder what security they have in that vault. Nowadays there are probably armed, intelligent and automotive drones flying around in there.

It looks like a living creature. Like a whale or something. It's even got a face. As for friendly - I remember I did have a few beers last night when I posted it - the ship is friendly to Australia, but she will be deadly against any foe she may encounter in her life at sea.

Royal Navy Astute-class submarine HMS Anson arrives in Perth, Western Australia The friendly submarine is there to train Australian naval personnel in how to maintain nuclear submarines. The British and Americans are also sharing their technology with the Australians in order for the Aussies...

An address to the nation by His Majesty King Charles III... "I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office. "What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the...

"I'm the Queen's second son. You can't do this to me!" Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor screamed as he was evicted from the Royal Lodge on the order of his brother Deluded Andrew goes into meltdown as the King orders his brother's eviction in the middle of the night In a "battle" now known as "The...

The Royal Navy's new Astute-class nuclear submarine HMS Anson has arrived in the western Australian city of Perth. The visit of the British submarine to Australia is part of the AUKUS defence pact between the three great allies Australia, UK and US. The British and Americans are helping the...

The Russians are selling their gold horde in order to fund their military. They're at war with Ukraine, of course. They're having to sell their gold reserves in order to fund their military in a time of war.

Scooter - "Back in the UK" (1996) Hailing from Hamburg, Germany, the techno band had a Top 20 hit with this in the UK. Lead singer H.P. Baxxter is an avid Anglophile. He loves British television shows and music and has a large collection of vintage British cars. He wears a Union Jack in the...

Radiohead - "Bones" (1995) This song comes from the popular Oxford band's 1995 album "The Bends", although it was never released as a single. It likely gained more listeners when it featured in the closing credits of an episode of the 2012-14 British sitcom "Derek", starring best friends and...