Royal Navy

Jim Stott with his authentic 1940s police car at VE80 festival in Witton Park, Blackburn.

I restored an 88 year old police car that was dumped in a scrapyard

Events marking VE Day have been taking place across the UK

Letter: Time to celebrate NI’s contribution to victory in 1945

Shipbuilding giant Navantia UK, which recently bought Harland & Wolff, has launched 35 apprenticeships in Belfast, giving successful candidates the unique opportunity to work on the Fleet Solid Support (FSS) programme to support the Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group

Navantia UK, which recently bought H&W, launches 35 apprenticeships in Belfast

VE DAY 80: World War II veteran George Spencer in his Gracehill home

VE Day 80: A Ballymena World War II veteran recalls the historic day

British soldiers saw action in multiple continents in World War Two, including at Kwai in Thailand, Asia and above in 1942 at El Alamein, north Africa. Whenever you see a military veteran keep in mind what they have done (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Danny Kinahan: Six years of valiant military service ensured 80 years of freedom

The Gallipoli commemorative mural in Daphne Street in south Belfast

Gallipoli was a failure, but Winston Churchill learned valuable lessons

US President Donald Trump

Suspension of US aid to Ukraine ‘long signalled’, says Aiken

Novantia executives, Belfast Lord Mayor Micky Murray and 560 Harland & Wolff workers came together in front of the yard's iconic Samson crane after the Spanish firm's purchase of the the business this week.

More than 500 new jobs coming at Harland & Wolff, say Spanish owners

Harland & Wolff has been saved by a deal with Spain's state-owned shipbuilder Navantia. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

New owners to visit Harland and Wolff after £70m purchase

Letters to editor

Letter: The key role of Londonderry and Fermanagh in World War II

General view of the Harland and Wolff Shipyard in Belfast

Deal struck to save Titanic shipbuilder Harland and Wolff

A German ship goes down during the Battle of the Falklands in December 1914

Tables were turned on von Spee at Battle of Falklands

HMS Hawke was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on October 15 1914 – of the 55 Ulster sailors on board 49 died

Forty-nine Ulster sailors died when HMS Hawke was sunk by a German U-boat

Army veteran Adam Denny from Newtownards suffered a spinal injury whilst serving with the Royal Irish Regiment, which led to degeneration of his spine. He has received support from Help for Heroes' pain management courses

Help for Heroes describes chronic pain as a 'hidden enemy'

DUP leader Gavin Robinson has expressed confident in the future of the iconic Belfast shipyard. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Robinson: Harland and Wolff news 'unsettling' - but MoD committed to Belfast

UUP MLA Steve Aiken - a former Royal Navy commander - says the current global security environment should be focusing the government's attention on the nation's shipbuilding capacity. Photo: MOD/Crown Copyright2024/LPhot Alex Ceolin/PA Wire

Shipyard crisis should prompt Government focus on national security - Aiken
The current global security situation should be focusing the government’s attention on the lack of shipbuilding capacity within the United Kingdom, according to Steve Aiken.
David Thompson

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Iconic business that worked on the Titanic enters administration

The market is “best placed” to deal with financial difficulties faced by Harland & Wolff, the Prime Minister has said

PM says financial support for Harland & Wolff ‘under review’

UUP MLA Steve Aiken OBE was responding to the UK Defence Journal tweeting that the British Army has now fallen to 73,000 personnel.

Aiken concerned at army and navy readiness figures

George Spencer was a Royal Navy aircraft spotter at Normandy on D-Day in 1944.

‘I had bird's eye view of D-Day landings - but still feel guilty’

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has contested the claim that Ireland is reliant on the UK’s armed forces for the protection of its seas and under sea cables. He was speaking at the Munich Security Council 2024 during a side panel event on neutrality

Taoiseach contests claim Ireland is ‘reliant’ on UK armed forces

The departure of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth to lead the largest Nato exercise since the Cold War has been cancelled at the last minute after an "issue" with a propeller shaft was spotted during final checks

HMS Queen Elizabeth departure delayed due to issue at final minute

Paul Dickson with wife Lucy and children Finn and Jude, along with Reverend Desmond Hanna after Sunday's christening

Old-age maritime tradition revived as HMS Caroline hosts three christenings

The mural of Roger Casement at Casement Park, Belfast. As part of the successful Euro 2028 bid, Casement Park has been listed as one of the stadiums where games will be played.

Letter: Questions over funding for stadium development

Mystery as F-35 jet spotted at UK airport - diverting from carrier. (Photo: Joel Bland - @JoelBlandSport on X)

Mystery as F-35 jet spotted at UK airport - diverting from carrier

Belfast-based software company, Kinsetsu, has secured new contract wins valued at over £1million so far this year. Founded in 2016 by Joanne O’Doherty and Jackie Crooks (pictured), Kinsetsu provides innovative sensor-based and automation technology solutions that are deployed to drive positive change within critical service environments

Female founders of NI tech company secures new contracts worth over £1million

Morning View

Editorial: The generation of veterans who fought in World War Two is passing on
News Letter editorial on Monday August 14 2023:
Editorial

Ian Bannen who played Andy Bannister's father

The Belfast Boys: and the Yangtze Incident: Local man recounts events in book

King Charles III

King Charles to receive Scottish crown jewels to mark coronation

Smoke billows over New York on 9/11 (Press Association)

NI submarine vet likens Titanic wreck tours to sifting through remains of 9/11

King Charles

King Charles pays tribute to troops to mark Armed Forces Day 2023

Undated handout photo issued by OceanGate Expeditions of their submersible vessel named Titan, which is used to visit the wreckage site of the Titanic

Thoughts now turning 'to the families left behind' - ex-Royal Navy crewman

Former submarine commander Steve Aiken urged people to pray for those in the missing submersible.
Photo: PA Liam McBurney.

Steve Aiken urges prayers for missing Titanic sub crew and passengers

Historic 1963 Rolex Submariner watch set to be auctioned on Friday May 12

Rare Rolex watch from BBC’s Antiques Roadshow could sell for over £45k

The coronation flypast could be cancelled due to bad weather

Coronation flypast given green light following weather concerns

Taking part in the Apprentice Boys of Derry march through Cookstown during the South Derry and East Tyrone Amalgamated Committee commemoration of the 334th anniversary of the start of the Siege of Londonderry on Easter Monday.
Thousands of marchers and over 40 bands took part in the parade through the Co. Tyrone town.

Apprentice Boys of Derry mark siege anniversary

The previous attorney general, John Larkin, had refused the request for a fresh inquest

New inquest ordered over 1972 Royal Navy veteran shooting

Camilla Queen Consort: Get to know the wife of King Charles III

RFA Tidesurge is docked in Belfast, Northern Ireland, ahead of the building of three new RFA ships at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in the city. The ship arrived in Belfast earlier this week, and Captain Karl Woodfield and his crew are hosting the design team for the three new ships to share their experience and expertise

39,000-tonne RFA Tidesurge sails into Belfast

File photo dated 02/01/08 of Prince Harry (now the Duke of Sussex) patrolling the deserted town of Garmisir close to FOB Delhi (forward operating base) while posted in Helmand Province in Southern Afghanistan. In the third episode of the Netflix documentary "Harry and Meghan" the Duke of Sussex has discussed his decade-long stint in the army and describing how that time "burst" the bubble of his life in the royal family. Issue date: Thursday December 8, 2022.

Harry accused of making Invictus Games a potential priority terror target

Prime minister Rishi Sunak will be in Northern Ireland for the next two days

Rishi Sunak “NI at the centre of our shipbuilding ambitions"

Leading Northern Ireland business man Noel Brady has joined the board of the HMS Caroline Preservation Company

Leading NI business man steps aboard HMS Caroline

An RNLI life boat arrives back in port after taking part in a rescue mission in the English Channel.

Four people dead after small boat incident in English Channel

The Royal Navy ships will be assembled at the Harland & Wolff facility in Belfast

Royal Navy ships order ‘will grow jobs at H&W’

Harland & Wolff shipyard.

'News Spanish Armada' will result from £1.6bn shipbuilding contract Labour says

Harland and Wolff has been contracted to complete three of the Royal Navy supply ships.

Anger as key work on new Harland and Wolff contract goes to Spain

The cranes at H&W.
Photo by Simon Graham/Harrison Photography

Ships for the Royal Navy – creating 1,200 new jobs - planned in Northern Ireland

Looking towards the front of the helicopter - rotor to right of photo - Courtesy DAERA

Rare 1958 Royal Navy Dragonfly helicopter crash site discovered on Foyle shore

Lieutenant Commander Paul 'Ronnie' Barker standing next to the gun carriage that is going to be used to carry Queen Elizabeth II's coffin during the funeral procession, while being towed by the Royal Navy sailors. Picture date: Wednesday September 14, 2022.

Queen’s coffin to be carried to Westminster Abbey on historic gun carriage

11 jobs that don’t require a degree and how much you could earn

Members of the Belfast Movement Choir pictured during the shoot for their film 'Re-Emergence', which screens at Strand Arts Centre on Thursday June 23 at 6pm

Maiden Voyage Dance celebrates women

File photo dated 04/06/82 of British paratroopers carrying out emergency medical treatment on wounded comrades whilst under fire on Mount Longdon during the Falklands campaign. A series of lectures, memorials, exhibitions and other events will be launched in the coming days to mark the 40th anniversary of the end of the Falklands War. The aim is to commemorate the sacrifices made in 1982 and to celebrate the progress made in the islands in the South Atlantic over the past 40 years. Issue date: Sunday March 27, 2022.

Most people ‘clueless’ about Falklands War

Letter to the editor

Raise a glass of rum to our nuclear submariners keeping UK safe from Putin

Type 45s

Putin ‘laughing at the UK’ over the fact its warships break in warm water: Empey

News Letter editorial

Even the mildest Russian territorial goal now is totally unacceptable

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