The airfield was originally under RAF Fighter Command control, but had an interesting role to play before the war. It was ...

A former RAF base that Sir Keir Starmer pledged to shut could be expanded to take more migrants. The Home Office has ...

A former RAF base contraversionally earmarked to house 2,000 asylum seekers has had ground gases and unexploded artillery found on the land, a minister has claimed. Lincolnshire's RAF Scampton is ...

Cambridgeshire is home to many former RAF bases including one of the UK's most famous, RAF Duxford, which is now looked after by Imperial War Museums and open to the public to learn more about its ...

RAF bases, airports and fire stations are amongst the biggest hotspots of “forever chemical” pollution, an Environment Agency report has revealed. Linked to serious health issues, these toxic ...

Sir Keir Starmer was asked on BBC Radio Lincolnshire about government plans to house up to 2,000 asylum seekers at the former RAF base at Scampton, near Lincoln. When asked how quickly he would ...

Located over the Cambridgeshire border is a former RAF base which was used during the Second World War and beyond. RAF Debden, near Saffron Walden, first opened in April 1937. The airfield was ...

open image in gallery Volunteers collect water samples from discharge from a factory which manufactures PFAS in France (AFP via Getty) A former RAF base in Duxford is another hotspot, with over ...

A former RAF base in Duxford is another hotspot, with over 1,000 homes nearby in South Cambridgeshire supplied with water from an aquifer containing high levels of PFAS. This is likely due to ...