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Competitors from all over the world compete for Lochearnhead Shears title
The Scottish Farmer
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July 3, 2025
No stranger to the shears, he has now notched up four Lochearnhead wins to date. Scottish team hopeful Willie Craig claimed second with the best board scores, Jimmy Wright of Doune third with the best time, and Highland Show blade finalist Archie...
A Conflict in the Pacific Could Prompt a Fight Over the Strait of Malacca
The Maritime Executive
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[By Adam Leong Kok Wey] The strategic relevance of maritime choke points has remained a constant throughout military history. Their control has often defined the outcomes of major conflicts, shaped geopolitical balances, and influenced global...
Why The RAF No Longer Flies The Legendary Harrier II Fighter Jet
SlashGear
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July 4, 2025
In 2010, the U.K. government pulled the plug on the Harrier II not because it failed in combat — far from it, as it had some incredible capabilities – but because of cold economics. The Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) hit at a time...
New road works and closures, licenses, and planning applications in your area
Liverpool Echo
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July 7, 2025
Councils across the Liverpool City Region have issued a list of public notices in the past seven days. These are important documents which act as a public record of key decisions in the city region and keep citizens across the local authority...
Admiral Sir Derek Reffell, naval commander and governor of Gibraltar
The Times
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One fine weekend in June 1975 the carrier HMS Hermes, under the command of Derek Reffell, sailed into Quebec harbour on a courtesy visit. Among the ship’s company was the Prince of Wales, now the King, serving as a Wessex helicopter pilot with the...
Minerals, memory & mutual respect: Modi’s Argentina visit and the deepening of civilisational diplomacy
ETGovernment
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July 6, 2025
PM Modi near the statue of José de San Martin in Buenos Aires. Image Credits: Prime Minister’s Office IndiaPrime Minister Narendra Modi recently concluded his official visit to Argentina—a country geographically distant from India, yet...
Oxford broadcaster and writer who threw 'excellent parties' has died
This is Oxfordshire
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July 6, 2025
Mary Russell, known to some as Mary Rodger, was born in Dublin in 1936 before attending a convent school in Athlone and took an arts degree at University College Dublin. In the late 1950s she moved to London, teaching in primary schools in the...
How the SS Great Britain overcame the tyranny of distance
VoxEU
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July 4, 2025
Transport revolutions have been a key element of globalisation – none more so than the arrival of the steamship. As Baldwin (2018) puts it, steam “unleashed spectacular transportation capabilities that made it economical to consume things that...
Celebrating Conor O Brien on the centenary of his pioneering circumnavigation
Yachting Monthly
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June 30, 2025
Celebrating 100 years since legendary yachtsman Conor O Brien returned from circumnavigating the globe aboard his yacht Saoirse. This June marks the centenary of legendary Irish yachtsman Conor O Brien returning from a history-making...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Murder mystery play which will have audiences gripped takes to the stage tonight
The Bolton News
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'The Proof of the Poison' by Falkland L. Cary and Philip Weathers will be acted out by the talented members of St Vincent’s Dramatics Society. And audiences can be sure of a well-plotted whodunnit. But what’s it about? The play starts with the...
Appointing first RAF non-pilot to Chief of the Defence Staff post is not without controversy
Forces Network
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton has been announced as the next Chief of the Defence Staff, taking over from Admiral Sir Tony Radakin in September. This will make ACM Knighton the most senior serving officer in the British Armed Forces and...
From Gallipoli to the Strait of Malacca: Why maritime choke points still decide the fate of nations
The Interpreter
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July 4, 2025
The strategic relevance of maritime choke points has remained a constant throughout military history. Their control has often defined the outcomes of major conflicts, shaped geopolitical balances, and influenced global economic flows. Exemplifying...
In defence of Kemi
The Critic
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July 3, 2025
This article is taken from the July 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £25. The job of Prime Minister requires three qualities: competence, charisma and character. It...
Timeless Yarns Dominate Fall 2026 Collections, as Spinners Brace for Ongoing Challenging Year
WWD - New York
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July 1, 2025
MILAN — The fashion industry is grappling with the economic headwinds and geopolitical turmoil denting consumer confidence and the supply chain is feeling the pinch of slower demand, with little to no visibility even on short-term prospects....
Highs and lows: surveying at different altitudes
Hydro International
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The term ‘digital twin’ has gained significant popularity in recent years, becoming a buzzword in various industries, particularly in the context of emerging technologies and innovations. Hypes come and go, but every hydrographer has come to the...
Forces broadcaster Simon Marlow dies after hospital stay
Radio Today
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June 30, 2025
Simon Marlow, long-serving presenter and station manager at BFBS, has died. He passed away in hospital in London on Friday 27 June. Simon joined the British Forces Broadcasting Service in 2007, initially as a freelance presenter before taking on...
Lula visits CFK at her Buenos Aires apartment
MercoPress
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Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 22:19 UTC Lula stayed less than an hour at the residence in Buenos Aires' Constitución neighborhood Following his participation at the South American Common Market (Mercosur) Summit at the Foreign Ministry in Buenos...
Milei demands Mercosur open up to more trade: ‘Argentina will do it accompanied or alone’
Buenos Aires Herald
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July 3, 2025
Updated at 3:08 p.m. President Milei harshly criticized Mercosur bureaucracy during his opening speech kicking off the bloc leader summit, calling it an “iron curtain” that member countries are “submitted to” and requesting conditions be...
Red Arrows flightpath route and exact timing to see British Grand Prix flypast over Silverstone
MyLondon
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July 3, 2025
A map showing the exact route and timings of the Red Arrows flightpath has been created ahead of the opening race of the Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday, as the race celebrates its 75th anniversary at the venue where the first world...