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    Reform UK say they will order Royal Navy to stop illegals crossing the Channel

    Reform UK's Head of Policy Zia Yusuf has said in a speech that should the party win the next General Election they will order the First Sea Lord Sir Gwyn Jenkins to send Royal Navy ships to pick up the illegals crossing the Channel to Britain on dinghies and send them back to France. The...
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    Princess Charlotte performs Christmas piano duet with her mother

    Catherine, Princess of Wales, 43, and her daughter Princess Charlotte, 10, have played the piano together as part of the introduction to the Princess of Wales's 'Together at Christmas' Carol Service. The Princess of Wales's Christmas Carol Services at Westminster Abbey have started to become a...
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    Big Red One: British forces' Christmas mission

    British Space Command spotted a high-flying unknown object travelling towards Britain and alerted the RAF and Royal Navy to shoot it down if it is deemed to pose a threat...
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    Royal Navy Christmas advert

    No, you don't. It got nothing to do with rhinos and hippos.
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    Princess of Wales cracks joke as well-wisher's chair collapses

    Catherine, Princess of Wales, 43, jokingly scolded a well-wisher after his chair collapsed. Hundreds of well-wishers were gathered at the Royal estate of Sandringham in Norfolk on Christmas Day as the King and Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children Prince George, Princess...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Kylie Minogue - "XMAS" (2025) The Australian and British songstress and actress, 57, has got the coveted UK Christmas No1 of 2025. It is her eighth UK No1 hit and it's made her the first female solo artist to top the UK charts in four different decades - 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s and 20s... The...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Darkness - "Mistletoe and Wine" (2025) The Lowestoft, Suffolk, rockers have covered Cliff Richard's 1988 Christmas hit
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    King and Queen welcome back Carrier Strike Group

    King Charles III and Queen Camilla welcomed back the crews of the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales and her Strike Group after an 8 month voyage around the Indo-Pacific. The sailors were warmly welcomed by the Commander-in-Chief and his wife. As well as showing off her naval might to...
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    Royal Navy Christmas advert

    Rhinos do. They're basically the same thing.
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    Royal Navy Christmas advert

    A new Royal Navy Christmas advert shows a Royal Navy warship in battle. The footage is that of the British destroyer HMS Diamond, which successfully fended off drone attacks in the Red Sea by the Houthis in 2023/24. The British warship was there to keep the vital shipping lane open, defending...
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    Royal Navy to unleash fleet of autonomous vehicles against Russians

    The Royal Navy is to rapidly enlarge its fleet of autonomous underwater drones Britain's First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff Sir Gwyn Jenkins announces to the country that the Royal Navy is to launch its Atlantic Bastion programme to defend Britain's undersea cables and pipelines from...
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    Royal Navy Christmas advert 2025

    The Royal Navy has released a new Christmas advert based on true events. From 2023 to 2024, destroyer HMS Diamond came under repeated Houthi missile and drone attacks in the Red Sea, shooting them down with her Sea Viper missiles.
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    Royal Navy Christmas advert 2025

    The Royal Navy has released a new Christmas advert based on true events. From 2023 to 2024, destroyer HMS Diamond came under repeated Houthi missile and drone attacks in the Red Sea, shooting them down with her Sea Viper missiles.
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    Venezuela? What’s up with that?

    It just had to be. USA and Venezuela have been drawn together in the same group for the 2026 World Cup. They are going to be playing each other in the tournament
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Aled Jones - "Walking In The Air" (1982) In the year in which the British unleashed the Gurkhas onto the Argentinians in the Falklands War, Aled Jones had a Christmas hit with this song that featured in the 1982 animated British Christmas movie "The Snowman". The animated movie is about a...
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    Queen praises the Rifles at Guildhall dinner

    Queen Camilla has given a speech honouring the Rifles during the British Army regiment's biennial dinner at London's Guildhall. The Queen, who is Colonel-in-Chief of the Rifles, attended the event with Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh and other members of the Royal Family.
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    Brits welcome Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group home

    Brits welcome Norwegian ship into Portsmouth As the Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group arrived back in Portsmouth, the allied Norwegian Navy ship Roald Amundsen was also given a warm welcome into Portsmouth. The Norwegian ship sailed alongside the British Carrier Strike Group around the world...
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    Brits welcome Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group home

    Hundreds of Brits waved Union Jacks to welcome back to Portsmouth the Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group. Aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales - the Royal Navy flagship - arrived back home alongside Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dauntless, gracefully floating past Portsmouth's famous Spinnaker Tower...
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    Britain scraps jury trials for defendants facing three years or less

    British Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy today announced to the Commons that he is to scrap jury trials for defendants facing sentences of three years or less. Offences that magistrates send to Crown Courts below this threshold will be heard by a single judge, rather than...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band- I'm The Urban Spaceman (1968) The London band, formed by a group of art students, had a No5 UK hit with this. The song was produced by Paul McCartney, under the pseudonym "Apollo C. Vermouth."