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The Permanent Court of Arbitration, established in accordance with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, will hold a hearing concerning the arbitration instituted by Ukraine against the Russian Federation in respect of a “Dispute Concerning the Detention of Ukrainian Naval Vessels and Servicemen” in the Kerch Strait in November 2018. — Ukrinform.
By Mike Dewey, guest Nostalgia writer Inset: Captain Edward C Kennedy Eighty one years ago, during the Second World War, the Slough area lost one of its most distinguished local residents when Captain Edward C Kennedy, R.N. died a hero on November 23, 1939. He was the Captain of the armed merchant cruiser HMS Rawalpindi, which went down “with all guns blazing and colours flying until the last” while patrolling north of the Faroe Islands. This was to enforce the naval blockade which the Royal Navy were imposing on Nazi Germany. ...