The Ceremonial Guard, made up of some of the newest sailors in the Navy, is a stressful assignment. A guardsman has to be able to stand completely still, sometimes for hours: “I’ve had spiders crawling on my face and kept still.”
While governments have imposed sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, companies in finance, transportation, technology, food and consumer goods are leaving.
SOUTH Down, a constituency of sublime natural beauty, where drumlins roll towards the sentinel-like Mournes and the coastline weaves through fishing villages and around miles of golden beaches.