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The Alarm

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OriginRhyl
United Kingdom
Members Mike Peters
Dave Sharp
James Stevenson
Nigel Twist
GenresAlternative Rock
New Wave
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About The Alarm


The Alarm are a Welsh alternative rock/new wave band that formed in Rhyl, Wales, in 1981. Initially formed as a punk band, The Toilets, in 1977, under lead vocalist Mike Peters, the band soon embraced rock and included marked influences from Welsh language and culture.

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... After The Alarm was raised officers found the school boy lying on his back with his stepfather, Graham Patterson, and a neighbour beside him...

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... Police Scotland said The Alarm was raised on Baberton Mains Avenue at about around 22:25 on Friday...

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... " From the middle of January, we were trying to effectively raise The Alarm, " he said, adding: " We were trying to wake up Whitehall to the scale of the problem...

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... But on the morning of 29 November 2022, that system came to an abrupt halt when staff pressed The Alarm button after Gabriel s body was found...

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... " Sir Chris also went on to defend not raising The Alarm across government in mid-January 2020, despite his deputy, Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, warning that a pandemic was imminent...

Nuclear-armed submarine suffered malfunction

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... The paper said the submarine was still within its limits for operating safely but was diving towards its " crush depth" before The Alarm was raised...

Roman Butchaski: Former Australian radio host missing in croc-infested waters

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... The Alarm was raised when Roman Butchaski failed to return to his camping ground on Sunday...

Jamaal Bowman: US Democrat US lawmaker charged over false Capitol fire alarm

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... The Alarm prompted an hour-long evacuation and came as Democrats were attempting to delay a vote as they sought more time to read a stopgap funding bill and decide whether to support it...

Nuclear-armed submarine suffered malfunction

Oct 24,2023 3:01 pm

By Jonathan BealeDefence correspondent, BBC News

A Royal Navy nuclear submarine suffered a " concerning" malfunction while diving, The Bbc has been told.

The Incident on board the unnamed Vanguard class submarine, which carries the UK's trident nuclear missiles, happened More Than a year ago while it was preparing to go out on patrol.

A defence source said " there was a problem and it was concerning" but that it was picked up by " the system".

A Royal Navy investigation into The Incident took place, The Source said.

But they declined to give further details.

During The Incident the main Depth Gauge on the submarine failed as it was diving, a defence source confirmed, but a secondary Depth Gauge was still working.

Submarines have to be strong enough to withstand enormous pressures exerted by The Ocean when diving.

Redundancy systems are built into nuclear armed submarines to prevent problems from escalating.

Details of The Incident were which said engineers on board alerted The Crew to the failure while the submarine was diving.

The Paper said the submarine was still within its limits for operating safely but was diving towards its " crush depth" before The Alarm was raised.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) does not normally comment on the operations of the UK's submarines.

The Royal Navy said its submarines continue to meet their commitments and that while it does not comment on operations, the safety of its personnel is always the highest priority.

The Vanguard submarines are based at Faslane in Scotland and, according to the Royal Navy , normally have a crew of 132 officers and men.

In January this year it was reported that on Hms Vanguard , The Lead boat of The Four Vanguard-class submarines, while it was undergoing maintenance work.

The defect, from " work done in the past" was " promptly reported and fixed" the MoD said at The Time .

In May the vessel finally left the Devonport dockyard where it.

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