Royal Air Force Lockheed TriStar some of which for years covered the air bridge to the Falkland Islands will be undergoing flight management and communications systems improvements following the award of a £22 million contract to Marshall of Cambridge Aerospace.
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Competitive cuisine; MRSA found in hospital; SAMA group arrives; Carlisle coaching team; Thatcher Jnr plans filming; MPs begin Falklands tour; Dockyard views; Encouraging wool news; This week's cruise ships.
Wool sales held in Melbourne Australia on October 31st saw prices peaking higher than for some years and offered a ray of hope to Falklands farmers.
Falkland Islands Governor, Mr Alan Huckle, reported Wednesday on the local radio station, FIRS, that Executive Council, the South Atlantic archipelago's senior governing body, had approved the methodology for determining applications for Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) and Provisional Quotas (PQs) in the various finfish fisheries.
Conservative MP Mike Penning and Labor MP Sarah McCarthy-Fry are due to arrive on November 3, accompanied by the Falkland Islands Government's (FIG) Representative in the UK, Sukey Cameron.
Carlisle United will make history this week when a team of five coaches become the first delegation from a professional football team to visit the Falkland Islands.
The Falkland Islands government will be displaying an intense public relations campaign in the United Kingdom next April in anticipation of the 25th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict.
Next Sunday November 12th. Remembrance Sunday will be commemorated in the Falkland Islands with the following arrangements, according to a release from Gilbert House.
Construction firm Morrison (Falklands) Ltd has been awarded a contract in Antarctica.
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Redundancies at C&W; Visiting economists to examine government reserves; Visiting economists to examine government reserves; Complaints system needed: Governor; Tourism website launched; Military fireworks invitation.