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PLAIN ENGLISH CAMPAIGN AWARD WINNER

Queen

Duncan left in Ne|son’s shadow

awards Condor

flying

colours back

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P399

TWELVE stalwarts of the Fleet are to be

pensioned off early as the Royal Navy is

streamlined for the

21 st

Century.

The scythe of cuts ilL‘r(l.\'.'~' the three Armed Forces mcams. the Senior Service will lose l.5llll pcrsnnncl hy Zllllh’ us purl of the Strategic l)cl'uncc Review announcul by I)cl'cncc Sccrclury (icufl llnml.

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l-'ir.\l Scat Loni Atlnliriil Sit .«\l.'m Wcsl said "nlust difficuull l.lL'L'l\l('Ill.\" had been lI'llllIL' in lr:m-lnrming_- the l-'lu.'L'l lrnm um‘ Nllll in m;in_\' L‘ll.\I..'.\ built In mccl lhc cl1;i||cn_u<:> of the lamIlltll ccnlur_\' into one llL'L'(|L'tl in tho: pnsl-Scplcrnhcr ll world. “it ;itlntir;l| lnltl ;\"rtt_1~ ,\"4'rn lllul u lmlutlcc had in IN.‘ .\ll’llCl\‘ l‘t'|\\L’L‘ll “hill tlli: N:l\'_\' wantcil uml \\Il1ll it cuultl ;tll'urtl. .-\\ RI rcxull 12 shipx are In he paid all early‘ to ensure this Sunim .\'i:nicc rucciw-» the hilcch equipment and \\‘:ll".\lllp.\ Clilt,‘ll_\ two new uircrult curriUIN. ciglll cscnrtirig 'l'ypc 45 lIk'\lll))'L‘l'\ and the .-.t:ilc-nl'llu--art computer. informalions and wcupum .\_\'\lL'lil.\ \\l|ich will puucr ll‘lL'lll.

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Newcastle. Cardiff and

Glasgow

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of three Type 'de§t_r;oyer:-~to be paid off under the latest Defence Review ’_ r-_

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three frigates to go

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