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Montevideo, May 30th 2025 - 06:18 UTC

Tag: Harold Briley

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 07:43 UTC

    “God bless you Harold”, The Times obituary

    Briley beside a minefield in the Falklands

    Harold Briley's obituary by The Times, published Tuesday, August 22, 2023. - Reporter who broadcast the first news of Argentina’s invasion of the Falklands in 1982 and later campaigned for the Islanders’ rights.

  • Monday, June 26th 2023 - 15:52 UTC

    Harold Briley, 1931 to 2023

    Harold and Norah Briley on their 60th Wedding Anniversary

    Tributes have been pouring in for Harold Briley, who passed away in the small hours of 26 June 2023, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with cancer, which he bore bravely.

  • Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 18:01 UTC

    Falkland Islanders Honour Veteran BBC Journalist

    BBC Journalist Harold Briley OBE visiting Falklands

    By Graham Bound, London - HAROLD Briley, a BBC World Service journalist who reported from Buenos Aires throughout the 1982 Falklands War, has received a special and rare honour from the government of the Islands.

  • Saturday, August 27th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

    Behind the lines in 1982: A story of journalistic bravery

    It has been worth waiting 40 years for this book. The transcripts of Harold’s World Service reports still convey urgency and drama

    By Graham Bound (Stanley, FI) – Days were short during the occupation of 1982, and everything in Stanley seemed hostile and frightening. Our situation was hardly any safer when the watery winter sun went down and the Argentine-imposed curfew forced us indoors. But within whichever substantial building one chose to shelter, with windows blacked out and peat stoves glowing, there was comfort and at least the perception of safety.

  • Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

    The Falklands Conflict – Then and Now

    The book is a reminder of the “Forgotten Falklands” as “Help for Heroes” called them in their poll indicating that most people in the UK care little about the conflict

    By Harold Briley for MercoPress (London) – The 40th anniversary of the Falklands Conflict is being commemorated all year with events in the Falkland Islands, the United Kingdom, and Argentina as MercoPress has reported.

  • Thursday, June 16th 2016 - 11:15 UTC

    Liberation Day Reception, London - The Falkland Islands are flourishing

    FIA Chairmen Alan Huckle and Councillor Jan Cheek MLA

    That is the message from the gathering of supporters at the Falkland Islands Government Annual Reception in London commemorating the 34th anniversary of liberation from Argentine occupation. An upbeat update on progress in all aspects of life in the Islands was given by long-serving member of the Legislature, Mrs Jan Cheek. t

  • Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 09:36 UTC

    A Positive Outlook for the Falklands at FIA's annual general meeting

    Mr. Andrew Rosindell MP, addressing FIA's AGM (Photo by P Pepper)<br />

    The Falkland Islands have received assurances of sustained support from the British Parliament and from the Falkland Islands Association at that organisation’s annual general meeting in London where members were given a positive report of progress and economic development in the Islands.

  • Saturday, January 24th 2015 - 06:06 UTC

    Death of British and Falklands patriot

    Hayward was a generous donor to the campaign to build the Falklands Memorial Chapel at Pangbourne College in Southern England.

    Famed British patriot and generous Falkland Islands benefactor Sir Jack Hayward has died, aged 91 in Florida in the United States. Known as “Union Jack” for his love of all things British, he was knighted in 1986 for his charitable actions and donations to totaling many millions of pounds, much of it for Falklands-related causes.

  • Wednesday, June 11th 2014 - 00:39 UTC

    UK Praise for Falklands

    Minister of State with responsibility for Falklands affairs and Latin America, Mr Hugo Swire (Photo Peter Pepper)

    Hundreds of supporters of the Falkland Islands joined Islanders and Task Force Veterans at the annual reunion in London last night.

  • Wednesday, May 8th 2013 - 19:48 UTC

    Reassurance for Falklands and Gibraltar

    Falkland Islanders celebrate the March 10/11 referendum results

    By Harold Briley from London - The Falkland Islands and Gibraltar have been reassured by the British Government that it will protect their right to choose their own way of government. The pledge was contained in the Government’s programmer and new laws for the forthcoming session of Parliament, outlined in the traditional Queen’s Speech to both Houses of Parliament.

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