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Tonight, we will be talking about the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. Tonight is also probably my farewell introduction, if that isnt a contradiction in terms, for the ongoing signature series with the History Department of the general staff college. The director of the command school, scott green, is here tonight. Scott, can you wave your arm . Thank you. [applause] in uniform, at the back of the room. This lecture series, which is about great military events, great commanders and sometimes great controversies in the art of war, has been ongoing since almost the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series on in the library. This is probably my last introduction, because i have been drafted by the president , so, if you can identify with that, to go to washington to save the republic, which as you know needs saving. But as i always like to say, the command school is the intellectual center of ....
PLANS to build 33 new homes at the former QinetiQ site in Malvern have been approved. Plans for the site went before Malvern Hills District Council’s Southern Area Planning Committee on December 16 and were given the green-light by councillors, though concerns were raised over road safety near the site. Malvern Town Council objected the plans over the density of the housing, having seen the site increase from 28 to 33 houses since outline approval was first granted in 2010. Concerns were also raised about the site being on a dangerous bend and whether a pedestrian footpath nearby would be closed during the work. ....