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Thousands gather to watch RAF Air Show
Thousands of military aviation enthusiasts gathered on Sunday for the RAF Cosford Air Show - the only one of its kind organised by the Air Force. As well as The Red Arrows, display teams from Ireland, Poland, and the Netherlands took to the skies above the Shropshire base. Sqn Ldr Dave Kerrison, one of the organisers, said there had been lots to enjoy. The event was first held in 1978, and has run most years since then. "Everybody wants to see the Red Arrows [but] we've got quite a lot of flights that are coming in today, so it's going to be a fun-packed day," Sqn Ldr Kerrison said ahead of the event. He added that as well as air displays, the Air Force would offer a flavour of everything it did, and not just touch upon its history and part in conflicts but highlight its role in humanitarian aid. Attractions this year included the Great War Display Team performing a dogfight routine in replica British, French and German World War One aircraft. There were also displays by the Royal Navy Black Cats, and Chinook and Apache helicopters. There was also a display from aerobatics pilot Mélanie Astles, the first woman to take part in the Red Bull Air Race. The chairman of the Royal Netherlands Air Force Historic Flight André Steur said it was an honour to attend the event. "The ties [between ourselves and the RAF] are very close and have been for years so when we were asked to come here, we were very glad to honour it," he said. West Midlands Railway advised that due to a late-notice shortage of crew, there would be limited train services returning from the event. It said queueing systems would be in place at Cosford and Wolverhampton during busier periods to manage the flow of people. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. Thousands expected at RAF air show Special traffic arrangements planned for air show
BBC News
06-04-2025
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Viking age stone grave markers go on display
Two Viking era stone grave markers thought to be 1,000 years old have been put on display in a church in the north of the Isle of Man. The carved monuments, known as the Manx crosses, were revealed when a storm knocked down part of the wall in St Patrick's Church in Jurby in early to be from the ninth or tenth century, the stones have now become a permanent feature of the church, which is open daily from 10:00-16:00 Kerrison, secretary of the Friends of Jurby Church group, said finding the crosses had changed the significance of the site. They are a legacy of both Christian faith and Viking settlement on the island, with carvings ranging from simple crosses to complex depictions of Christian and Scandinavian two stones were taken to the Manx Museum for recording and safe-keeping until they could be securely stones were carved as memorials at the site of an early chapel or keeill, and in 1700 some of the large crosses from the keeill were broken up and used for the construction of the old parish the old church was demolished in the early 1800s, the stones were reused for the wall of St Patrick's Church, which was where they were found in 2022. The Friends of Jurby Church, which works to refurbish the 200-year-old building, received an £8,000 grant from the Ann Harrison Trust for the construction of a cabinet to house the larger 34kg stone, as well as to install both crosses into the Church.A new path has been completed to the church, which the charity said has made the building more accessible. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
