Portable cabins have been placed by crane on the runway at the former Dambusters HQ. Up to 2,000 asylum seekers could be housed at RAF Scampton under the Home Office initiative.
The BBC has apologised after a television presenter described the Dambusters bombing raid as “infamous”. The corporation received two formal complaints about a
The black Labrador, called N (pictured), was owned by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, who led the RAF s 617 Squadron Dambusters raid from RAF Scampton, in Lincolnshire, in May 1943.
This week marks the 80th anniversary of the daring Dambusters raid, Operation Chastise, and to mark the occasion, celebratory events have been happening across the county.