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where the crowds are ready for a hugely significant historic event that dates back more than two centuries. this is trooping the colour, as we mark the kings official birthday. all five regiments of the fog cards making their way onto centre stage. —— the footguards. led by the irish wolfhound known as seamus, the regimental mascot of the irish guards. because this year, it is number nine company irish guards who have the honour of providing the escort and trooping their colour. an...

Protection measures in sports clubs. We will bring you all the details, including the extra Background Checks you might have to go through if you work with children. Do get in touch on that, it would be really interesting to hear your views, two loopholes they are calling for the government to close immediately. I would be interesting to hear what it is like trying to get a Background Check now if you work with children. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the ...

Roger federer reaches his first grand slam final in two years with victory over swiss compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka at the australian open. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Theresa may is expected to become the first world leader to meet americas new president this evening when she addresses republican congressmen in philadelphia. Tomorrow, she will travel to the white house for formal talks. The Prime Minister is expected to tell her audience tonight that a sovereign, Global B...

In sport more pressure on Arsene Wenger, as arsenal are humiliated in the Champions League. They are thrashed 5 1 by Bayern Munich in the last 16, 10 2 on aggregate. The last of the dambusters. We return to germany with the only surviving member of the air crews that carried out one of the Second World Wars most daring raids. And carol has the weather. Thank you, good morning. The weather has a 3 way split across the country. Windy conditions and showers in the north, dry and bright in the centr...

Arrest two suspects involved. we recovered multiple weapons as a result of this. i want to say that the incident that happened early here today, we need the publics help and support again in this early investigation. if anyone has video evidence and/or evidence from their phone or just witnessed the events, we ask them to call area b3 detectives. or to remain anonymous call 800 800-494-tips. 617-343-4712 for the area detectives. this mornings shooting is not related to the parade. this happened ...

And he just felt it was more than he could stand. 617 squadron practised flying the raid at the derwent reservoir in derbyshire. over the past two decades, weve filmed with some of the veterans. les munro was one of the pilots. lets take a flight and lets have a look at your old training route. i feel a great deal of pride in the fact that i took part in the dam run itself, and as a consultant trained on the derwent water. johnnyjohnson, here on the far left, was a bomb aimer who made his pilot ...

A former president of the United Food and Commerical Workers Local 617 Union was sentenced to prison on Tuesday for stealing union funds for his own personal use.

A former president of the United Food and Commerical Workers Local 617 Union was sentenced to prison on Tuesday for stealing union funds for his own personal use.

Scampton is one of the most historical, richest heritage aviation sites in the entire united kingdom. its history doesntjust include the dams raid, which of course 617 squadron was formed at scampton. the dams raid was launched and returned from there. but it goes all the way back to the first world war and the royal flying corps. and the plans for scampton have angered the local conservative mp, sir edward lee, who said it was a thoroughly bad idea. in essex, home of raf wethersfield, theyre no...

Its a security issue all around. hundreds of people flew here and they gave their lives to protect these shores. and thatsjust going to go out the window. theyre going to stamp on their memories and its disgraceful. youve seen the state of it today. its falling down. and if that investment doesnt come in, its going to be lost. _ raf scampton is one of two former military bases outlined in the government plans. the second is the site of the former raf wethersfield in essex. a third location, a fo...