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The Telegraph: The first deskbound drone pilots get their RAF...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:13:50 +0100

The Telegraph: The first deskbound drone pilots get their RAF Wings:

Four RAF pilots have made history by becoming the first to be awarded their “wings” for flying unmanned aircraft.

The newly-qualified airmen will now pilot the Reaper MQ-9 aircraft in missions against the Taliban in Afghanistan, from an office on a US military base more than 7,000 miles away, near Las Vegas.

Although the RAF already has drone pilots, the four are the first to be trained specifically to fly unmanned aircraft.>

As the machines cannot currently been flown in the UK, under aviation laws, they trained in the USA, before graduating at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, USA, last month.

The photograph shows RAF Deputy Commander-in-Chief Operations Air Marshal Richard Garwood, centre, with the newly graduated RPAS pilots. Credit: SWNS By Jasper Copping

"The issue has sparked intense rows within the coalition. David Cameron has said the thought of..."

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:51:00 +0000

“The issue has sparked intense rows within the coalition. David Cameron has said the thought of prisoners voting makes him “physically ill” while Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General, has warned Britain must comply with the court’s ruling after various appeals failed.”

- Patrick Hennessy in the Telegraph: Voting ban for prisoners “to stay” as ministers get tough with European court, whose 2004 ruling said that the UK’s blanket ban on voting for current convicted prisoners was contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights.

“15 July 1993: The Queen fires a rifle during a visit to...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:39:00 +0100

“15 July 1993: The Queen fires a rifle during a visit to the National Shooting Centre at Bisley, Surrey”, from The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: 60 years in 60 photographs at the Telegraph. Photograph: Rex Features.

This image has been doing the rounds without attribution, but Simon turned up a source giving credit. (Thanks!)

Telegraph: David Cameron could have ridden Rebekah...

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:00:23 +0000

Telegraph: David Cameron could have ridden Rebekah Brooks’s ex-police horse, Downing Street admits. From the file “unlikely newsworthy triptychs” (via)

"Colin Myler, the current editor of the News of the World, yesterday told journalists that the paper..."

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:14:00 +0100

“Colin Myler, the current editor of the News of the World, yesterday told journalists that the paper faced an “extremely painful period ahead”.”

- The Telegraph: Phone hacking: families of war dead ‘targeted’ by News of the World.

Am I allowed to hope that the “painful period” is as painful as possible? Please?

Dulwich: a small but perfectly formed gallery, a story at the...

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:18:28 +0000

Dulwich: a small but perfectly formed gallery, a story at the Telegraph.

One thing I’m very pleased I got around to doing before I left London was pay a visit to Dulwich. As the article says,

Soane built an entirely new brick gallery and mausoleum, which opened to the public in 1817 (using brick rather than marble kept down costs). The elegant structure, featuring a sequence of five impressive display rooms awash with daylight, is often cited as the first purpose-built art gallery in the world. It continues to inspire museum-designers today.

If you’re in or near London, the place is well worth a visit. Dulwich itself is interestingly nice, too; a sort of mirror image of Hampstead, in some ways.

Pomp and Circuitry: a Reuters photo I saw on the...

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:33:00 +0000

Pomp and Circuitry: a Reuters photo I saw on the Telegraph’s story, “Record 10m televisions sold in UK in 2009”.

The Google Maps alphabet UK: Q. (See also.)

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:49:00 +0100

The Google Maps alphabet UK: Q. (See also.)

The Google Maps alphabet, UK: an A to Z, by Rachel Young, 25, of...

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:46:00 +0100

The Google Maps alphabet, UK: an A to Z, by Rachel Young, 25, of Barcroft Media, in the Telegraph. This is O, at Longbridge (via).

"I have told Downing Street before that the quality of lenses and digital lenses means that we can..."

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:30:00 +0100

“I have told Downing Street before that the quality of lenses and digital lenses means that we can read ministerial papers.”

- Photographer who snapped Bob Quick has embarrassed the Government before

Steve Back, who took the photograph of Bob Quick that made the news itself, interviewed (briefly) in the Daily Telegraph.