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Kirsty Strickland: FMQs leaves us seasick over shipbuilding

AHOY there matey! Let’s set sail together towards FMQs, where a land of bitter squabbles and torturous puns awaits.

The National (Scotland)

National novelties: US and Canadian teams head to Anglesey and British GT champion in Mini

From some long-distance travellers to a British GT champion swapping to a slightly less powerful car, here are some of the unusual national motorsport stories from last weekend

Autosport

Tyneside shipyard A&P misses out on major navy contract

The North East shipbuilder says it hopes to win other work coming from the National Shipbuilding Strategy

Birmingham Post

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US Centcom Says Iranian-made Drone Hit Tanker Off Oman

An attack on a tanker off the coast of Oman on Tuesday was carried out by an Iranian-made drone, US Central Command said in a statement, adding that a multilateral maritime operation led by a British Royal Navy frigate had responded to the area. An Israeli official had blamed Iran…

Asharq Al-Awsat

U.S. Centcom says Iranian-made drone hit Pacific Zircon tanker off Oman

An attack on a tanker off the coast of Oman on Tuesday was carried out by an Iranian-made drone, U.S. Central Command said in a statement, adding that a multilateral maritime operation led by a British Royal Navy frigate had responded to the area.

Reuters

Royal Navy support ships to be built at Devon’s Appledore shipyard

The site’s owners Harland and Wolff and Bath-based design consultancy BMT are part of group that has secured a £1.6bn contract from the Ministry of Defence

Birmingham Post

Harland and Wolff to help build three Royal Navy ships bringing 1,200 jobs

Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s 216-metre Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships will supply munitions, stores and provisions to Navy’s aircraft carriers, destroyers and frigates deployed at sea

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1,700 Glasgow shipbuilding jobs secured in £4.2billion Royal Navy deal for Govan and Scotstoun

Shipbuilding in the city has been given a major boost through the announcement of a £4.2 billion contract awarded to BAE Systems to build five more Royal Navy frigates.

Glasgow Live

Scottish shipyard awarded £4.2 billion to build Royal Navy ships

4,000 UK jobs will be supported by the new contract, awarded to BAE Systems

Insider UK

Former Royal Navy engineer discovers 'deafness' was due to earbud stuck in ear for five years

Wallace Lee, 66, thought that suddenly going partially deaf was due to a career of working with helicopter engines.

Daily Record

Royal Navy, Army and RAF budgets 'being cut in real terms'

Allowances for government departments will be devalued by inflation, which is currently at 10%

Wales Online

Royal Navy warships begin World Cup security mission

The Bahrain-based minehunters, accompanied by a Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ship, are carrying out round-the-clock patrols.

The Independent UK

HMS Queen Elizabeth sails for deployment to northern Europe

The aircraft carrier left Portsmouth Naval Base, Hampshire, to head a carrier strike group which will include warships, helicopters and fighter jets.

The Independent UK

Admiral of the Fleet Lord Boyce obituary

Chief of the defence staff who challenged Tony Blair on the legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq

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The Independent UK

Royal Navy sailors rehearse for Remembrance Day commemorations

The sailors, who have been undergoing training in Portsmouth, have been selected from ships, squadrons and units across the service.

Daily Mirror

Top Tory defends buying foreign so troops don't have 'rubbish' gear like Russia

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said working with companies based abroad meant UK armed forces would always have the "best" equipment

The Guardian - UK

Nearly a third of UK military homes need repair as maintenance backlog grows

MoD has apologised for delays by outsourced firms awarded repair contracts worth £650m six months ago

Daily Mirror

King Charles was 'obsessed' with Barbra Streisand and gave her 'special gift'

King Charles once said Barbra Streisand was his 'only pin-up' and described the American actress and singer as 'devastatingly attractive with a great deal of sex appeal', according to a royal expert

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The Guardian - UK

Russian ambassador claims UK involved in drone attack on Black Sea fleet

Andrei Kelin says Britain ‘too deep in this conflict’ as speculation grows over Russian withdrawal from Kherson region

The Independent UK

Royal Navy helicopter lost for 60 years identified in Lough Foyle

The Dragonfly helicopter crashed in 1958.

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia news - live: Moscow commanders ‘fleeing Kherson, leaving troops under attack’

Western experts say Russians running short of munitions, even buying supplies from North Korea

The Independent UK

UK ambassador heckled by crowd of anti-Britain protestors as she is summoned to Russian foreign ministry

Moscow claims Royal Navy personnel were involved in an attack on its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea

Daily Mirror

Royal Navy's new submarine-hunting frigate hit by year's delay - costing £233m

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace revealed the delay in a parliamentary statement which emerged as he was being quizzed by MPs

The Guardian - UK

Eight in 10 rape charges tried by UK military courts end without conviction

Only 11 out of 53 charges of rape heard by service justice system in past three years led to guilty charges

Daily Mirror

Russia threatens UK over lies that Britain is behind Nord Stream ‘terror attack’

The Kremlin has not provided any evidence to support its claims that the Royal Navy was responsible for the ruptures on the pipelines, which have threatened to put the key gas link permanently out of use

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