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Military horses injured galloping across London making progress, army says

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 21:58

Quaker and Vida, who were among the animals who got loose, were hurt when they collided with vehicles but have now had surgery

The two military horses who sustained injuries after colliding with vehicles in London are making progress after surgery, the British army has said.

Quaker, a Cavalry black, and a grey horse called Vida were seen galloping through the streets of the capital after being frightened by builders moving rubble last Wednesday. The pair bolted while they were on an extended exercise in Belgravia with five other horses and six soldiers from the Household Cavalry.

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Two army veterans will not be prosecuted over 1971 Troubles deaths

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 19:15

Prosecutors say there is not enough evidence to convict the former soldiers for the shooting of a girl, 14, and a man, 41, in Derry

Two British army veterans will not be prosecuted in relation to the deaths of a schoolgirl and unarmed civilian in two separate shooting incidents that took place in Northern Ireland over 50 years ago.

Prosecutors said that in both cases – the deaths of Annette McGavigan, 14, and William McGreanery, 41, in Derry in 1971 – the available evidence was insufficient to provide a reasonable prospect of conviction in court.

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Lancashire town locked down after grenade donated to heritage centre

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 20:14

Emergency services corden off large area of Darwen while army bomb disposal unit removes and destroys grenade

A town centre in Lancashire was placed in lockdown on Saturday, with British army bomb disposal experts forced to remove and destroy a grenade.

It is understood that a member of the public had donated items to a heritage centre in Darwen which included the grenade.

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UK weighing sending troops into Gaza to distribute aid

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 18:29

Risk-filled mission to escort aid from US-built floating pier into combat zone under consideration in defence ministry

Britain’s defence ministry is considering sending troops into Gaza to escort trucks of aid being driven off a giant floating pier built by the US military, a UK defence source has said.

The pier is due to be completed next month in the eastern Mediterranean, and then it will be pushed towards the Gaza shore. But the US president, Joe Biden, has pledged that American forces managing the project will not set foot on land there.

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Did five frightened horses bolting through London really mean the end was neigh? | Michael Hogan

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 16:00

It says a lot about our turbulent times that we’ve started seeking omens in random events

Woah there, cried the nation. Easy, boy. This week’s most arresting visuals came on Wednesday morning when runaway horses brought central London to a standstill. Five working animals from the Household Cavalry, based at Hyde Park barracks, were on exercise when they were spooked by noises from a building site and dramatically broke loose.

The equine escapees caused chaos bolting through the capital, colliding with vehicles and startling pedestrians. They galloped for six miles, making it as far as Limehouse in the East End. Four people were taken to hospital . Two horses were left in serious condition. The footage was mesmerising, the images indelible. It elicited a giddy mix of fear and excitement, reminiscent of when a bird flies through an open window.

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Army unsure if injured London runaway horses will return to duties

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 12:11

Vida and Quaker from the Household Cavalry are recovering from surgery after four horses broke loose in the capital

The army has said it is too early to know for sure if two military horses that suffered serious injuries after running loose through London will return to duties.

Seven horses and six soldiers from the Household Cavalry were on an extended exercise in Belgravia on Wednesday when the horses were spooked by builders moving rubble.

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Fresh inquest recommended into 1971 McGurk’s bar bombing in Belfast

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 4 days ago - 14:20

Attorney general decides atrocity that killed 15 people merits further scrutiny amid new evidence

Northern Ireland’s attorney general has recommended a new inquest into a bombing by loyalist paramilitaries that killed 15 people, including two children, in Belfast in 1971.

Brenda King decided the massacre at the Catholic-owned McGurk’s bar , in north Belfast, merited fresh scrutiny amid new evidence about the location of army observation posts near the atrocity.

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UK’s first ever memorial to LGBT armed forces personnel to be built

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 5 days ago - 08:09

Fighting with Pride charity will lead work for memorial at National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire

The UK’s first memorial commemorating the “lost legion” of LGBT people who have served in the armed forces is to be built at the National Memorial Arboretum.

The memorial will be built after a charity spearheading efforts to get justice for veterans affected by the pre-2000 ban on LGBT people serving in the UK armed forces was awarded a £350,000 grant.

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Runaway horses in ‘serious condition’ after bolting through central London

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 5 days ago - 07:54

Animals ran through rush-hour streets, colliding with vehicles and leaving four people in hospital

Two of the military horses that broke loose during a morning exercise and bolted through central London on Wednesday are in “serious condition”, a minister has said.

The runaway horses, including one white horse drenched in blood, ran through the rush-hour streets of the capital, colliding with vehicles and resulting in four people being taken to hospital.