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“Sarang Tebuan Jangan Dijolok,” was the official motto used by the No.100 Squadron of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) as they were buzzing over the skies of old Malaya and Singapore from the 1930s till the 1950s.
Translated it means “never stir up a hornet’s nest”, the Malay proverb was engraved onto the 100 Squadron’s official crest as they flew bombing and reconnaissance missions across Southeast Asia during the Second World War (WW2).
Officially formed during the height of WW1 in 1917, the 100 Squadron was established as a night bombing unit that flew over the Western Front of Europe. The squad also later took part in the Irish War of Independence in 1920 and provided close air support to soldiers on the front lines.
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By Michael Sheils McNamee
image captionPrince William cut the steel on the new HMS Belfast on Tuesday
On Tuesday, Prince William cut the steel on HMS Belfast, a ship which will form part of a modern fleet serving the UK for decades to come.
Pushing down on a button in BAE Systems Govan shipyard on Glasgow s River Clyde, he set to work lasers which moved across the first steel plate on the £1.2bn Type 26 warship.
The high-tech process is a long way from how its predecessor came into the world.
The keel laying - the starting point for construction at the time - for the first HMS Belfast, which has been moored on the River Thames for the past 50 years, took place in the Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff in 1936.
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£60 million to protect our national heritage
From ancient objects to palaces, observatories and accessible toilets, projects are underway to maintain our historic national institutions and increase accessibility
Funding will support projects to welcome back visitors this summer
Museums, galleries and heritage organisations have been awarded £60 million to ensure nationally important museum collections and heritage assets are protected for future generations.
The funding, which has been awarded to organisations including the V&A, The Natural History Museum and the British Library has supported 100 projects for essential maintenance works delayed by the pandemic. It will help projects that were stalled due to the Covid-19 pandemic reach completion to allow institutions to welcome back visitors this summer.
The Natural History Museum in London will receive a tranche of cash (John Walton/PA)
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), Natural History Museum and British Library are among the national heritage organisations which will benefit from the Government’s latest round of coronavirus funding.
A total of £60 million will go to 20 organisations across England to help finish projects that stalled due to Covid-19 and ensure institutions can welcome back visitors this summer.
The Imperial War Museums, Tate, National Portrait Gallery and Royal Parks will also receive funding, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said.
The Victoria and Albert Museum will receive funding (Ian Rutherford/PA)