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Falklands War: Living with survivor’s guilt 40 years on

A Scots veteran has said how his brother’s death in a hit-and-run made him realise he suffers with survivor’s guilt after fighting in the Falklands War four decades ago. Norman McDade, who prefers to go by the name Mac, joined the Royal Navy aged 17 ...

27 Mar 2022 at 03:55

Paulette Hamilton wins Birmingham Erdington by-election for Labour

Paulette Hamilton overcame personal tragedy to become the country’s newest MP by winning the Birmingham Erdington by-election for Labour. The Labour candidate’s father died at the start of the campaign and she thanked party leader Sir Keir Starmer ...

04 Mar 2022 at 02:55

Polls close in ‘really tight’ Erdington by-election

Polls have closed in the Birmingham Erdington by-election triggered by the death of popular Labour frontbencher Jack Dromey. Labour held the seat in 2019 with a majority of 3,601 votes and anything but a victory for Sir Keir Starmer’s party would ...

03 Mar 2022 at 23:25

‘Mystifying’ why Falklands War files on ship’s bombing still not released – MP

An MP has said it is “mystifying” why files on the bombing of the Navy support ship Sir Galahad during the Falklands War have still not been released. Defence minister Al Carns said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) position was that the losses that ...

18 Nov 2024 at 16:37

Labour wins Birmingham Erdington by-election

Labour’s Paulette Hamilton has become the country’s newest MP after winning the Birmingham Erdington by-election. The contest was triggered by the death of Jack Dromey, who held the seat for Labour in 2019 with a majority of 3,601 Ms Hamilton ...

04 Mar 2022 at 02:25

Falklands’ veterans mark 40th anniversary with remembrance service

Veterans of the Falklands War have marked the 40th anniversary of the conflict with a poignant remembrance service in Blackpool. Members of the Tumbledown Veterans & Families Association, many of whom served in the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards,...

12 Jun 2022 at 16:59

Sir John Nott, defence secretary during Falklands War, dies aged 92

Sir John Nott, the defence secretary during the Falklands War, has died aged 92. The senior Conservative twice offered his resignation to Margaret Thatcher after the Argentinian invasion of the South Atlantic islands in 1982 but she refused ...

07 Nov 2024 at 11:50

Events planned to mark 40th anniversary of Falklands War

A series of lectures, memorials and other events will be held from this week to mark the 40th anniversary of the end of the Falklands War. The aim is to commemorate the sacrifices made in 1982 and to celebrate the progress made in the ...

10 Jan 2022 at 05:25

Votes being counted in Birmingham Erdington by-election

Votes are being counted in the by-election triggered by the death of Labour frontbencher Jack Dromey. Labour held Birmingham Erdington in 2019 with a majority of 3,601 votes and anything but a victory for Sir Keir Starmer’s party ...

04 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Veterans mark Falklands anniversary by visiting dock they returned to after war

Veterans who fought in the Falklands War have marked its 40th anniversary by revisiting the port they returned home to after the conflict. Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard, on the Firth of Forth, prepared Royal Navy ships for their ...

02 Apr 2022 at 16:55

Falklands conflict remains ‘open wound’ for Argentina, says ambassador

The memory of the Falklands War is an “open wound” for Argentina, the country’s ambassador to the UK has said. Speaking to the PA news agency to mark the 40th anniversary of the conflict, Javier Figueroa said wrangling over ...

02 May 2022 at 01:25

Veterans gather to commemorate 40th anniversary of Falklands victory

Falklands veterans and their families gathered in Edinburgh on Saturday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the end of the conflict. The undeclared war lasted for 10 weeks from April 2 until June 14 1982, after ...

18 Jun 2022 at 15:54

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