The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) at RAF Coningsby, Lincs, resumed operation of its single-engine Merlin-powered ...

As the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) emerges from its winter maintenance period, its iconic aircraft are steadily preparing for the 2025 airshow season. Spitfires, Hurricanes, the Lancaster ...

RAF aerial display group was grounded after death of Squadron Leader Mark Long when his plane crashed after take-off in May ...

The former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected on the fifth ballot of the 2013 conclave, which was called after Pope Benedict XVI resigned. While Francis has praised Benedict’s humility ...

Robert McLean, who chaired Vickers’ aviation division, named it after his teenage daughter Annie: he called her a little spitfire. ‘It’s the sort of bloody silly name they would give it,’ Mitchell ...

The entire world woke up on the morning of February 28, 2013, only to hear the news that the world's most powerful Catholic at the time, Pope Benedict XVI, had resigned his leadership of the papacy.

He had spent 10 weeks in the war zone. In 2013, Pope Benedict XVI officially stepped down as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, citing a "lack of strength of mind and body." He was the first ...

Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation in 2013 marked a historic moment for the Catholic Church, making him the first pontiff in nearly 600 years to step down (the last was Gregory XII in 1415).