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Balfour Beatty’s US arm Communities to pay £49m after pleading guilty to fraud

Balfour Beatty’s US arm that provides privatised military housing to America’s armed forces has agreed to pay £49 million in fines and damages after pleading guilty to fraud. Balfour Beatty Communities reached a resolution with the US Department of ...

23 Dec 2021 at 10:33

US Air Force asserts jurisdiction in case of woman accused over biker’s death

The US Air Force has asserted jurisdiction in the prosecution of a servicewoman charged with causing the death of a motorcyclist by careless driving following a crash in Norfolk, a court has heard. Airman first class Mikayla Hayes, 23, who is ...

31 Aug 2022 at 19:21

US servicewoman charged over motorcyclist’s death to be tried in UK

A judge has ruled that a US servicewoman accused of killing a motorcyclist by careless driving can be tried in the UK. Father-of-one Matthew Day, 33, died of his injuries after a red Honda Accord collided with the Yamaha motorbike he was ...

23 Nov 2022 at 12:36

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Divers find wreckage and remains from Osprey aircraft that crashed off Japan

Divers have discovered wreckage and the remains of crew members from a US Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed off south-western Japan last week, the Air Force announced on Monday. The CV-22 Osprey was carrying eight American crew ...

04 Dec 2023 at 12:10

Family speak of ‘heartbreak’ over biker’s death as US seeks jurisdiction in case

The mother of a motorcyclist allegedly killed by a servicewoman has said his death has left his family “heartbroken”, as the US Air Force attempts to assert jurisdiction in the suspect’s prosecution. Father-of-one Matthew Day, 33, ...

07 Sept 2022 at 17:55

US servicewoman charged over motorcyclist’s death ‘on duty at time’, court told

A US servicewoman was still on duty as she drove home from work at a Suffolk military base and allegedly killed a motorcyclist, her lawyer has told a court. Father-of-one Matthew Day, 33, died of his injuries after a red Honda ...

11 Nov 2022 at 16:42

World

US says Chinese fighter jet could have caused air collision

The US military says a Chinese fighter jet flew dangerously close to an Air Force plane over the South China Sea, forcing the American pilot to manoeuvre to avoid a collision. US Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement that ...

30 Dec 2022 at 09:57

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Mystery solved as US President's Air Force One plane spotted flying over Ireland

Irish plane spotters were left excited on Thursday when they spotted two US Air Force jets flying over Ireland, one of which was President Joe Biden on Air Force One. One eagle-eyed aviation watcher, Michael Kelly, took to ...

18 Oct 2024 at 08:06

Unidentified drones spotted over three US airbases in Britain, USAF confirms

A number of unidentified drones have been spotted over three airbases in Britain, the United States Air Force (USAF) has confirmed. The incidents, which occurred between November 20 and 22, saw “small unmanned aerial ...

23 Nov 2024 at 21:23

World

Trump announces Boeing wins contract for secretive future fighter jet

US President Donald Trump has announced that Boeing will build the air force’s future fighter jet, which the Pentagon says will have stealth and penetration capabilities that far exceed those of its current fleet ...

21 Mar 2025 at 17:59

Tearful officer tells court ‘I’m not trigger happy’, after tasering amputee, 92

A police officer broke down in tears as she said she was “not a trigger-happy officer” and only fired her Taser at a 92-year-old amputee to protect him from being struck again with a baton by her colleague. Pc ...

23 May 2025 at 17:48

World

Veterans attend Normandy commemorations on 81st anniversary of D-Day

Veterans gathered in Normandy on Friday to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings – a pivotal moment of the Second World War that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler’s regime. Along the ...

06 Jun 2025 at 14:09

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