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American b-52 bombers involved in training flights over the North were out in force again yesterday. Two of the 14 long-range bombers stationed at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire took off yesterday morning and flew for three hours. The aircraft are believed to have been involved in exercises over Northumberland on Friday. Security at the RAF base has been stepped up following break-ins by peace protesters. Two of those involved have been charged with damaging a number of B-52 support vehicles. Margaret Jones, 54, of Bristol and Arthur Milling, 57, of Birmingham, were taken into custody after their arrest by Ministry...

POLICE ordered a security review at Prestwick airport yesterday after anti-war protesters boarded a US military aircraft unchallenged. Three members of the Trident Ploughshares group climbed on board a Hercules C130 transport plane, one of whom sat in the plane's cockpit. They were arrested by police along with five others who were stopped elsewhere at the airport.

Seven people have been arrested at Prestwick Airport after protesters boarded a plane. A spokesman for campaign group Trident Ploughshares told BBC Scotland three people had managed to get onto a US cargo flight. He said they were searching for evidence to suggest the plane was carrying bombs to Israel. On Sunday, four people were arrested after demonstrators broke through security fencing onto the main runway. It was reported last week that US military flights carrying bombs to Israel would no longer use any civilian airports in the UK for refuelling. The protesters describe themselves as "citizen weapons inspectors" and...