Day: 4 January 2013

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WWII airman celebrates 100th birthday

By Sharon Black

On New Year’s Day, family, staff and residents at the Ilford Park Polish Home in Devon joined their oldest resident, former Spitfire pilot Mieczyslaw Juny MBE , for his 100th birthday celebrations. Mr Juny was born in Lwow, Poland, on 1 January 1913. At the age of 26, he took part in the Polish Campaign of 1939.

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MOD invites tenders for UK construction projects

By Sharon Black

The companies shortlisted for the framework by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation ( DIO ) are: Balfour Beatty Group Ltd BAM Construction Ltd Carillion Construction Ltd Interserve Construction Ltd Kier Graham Lend Lease Construction (EMEA) Ltd Miller Construction (UK) Ltd Morgan Sindall plc Skanska UK plc Wates Construction Ltd The National Capital Works Framework will be used for the design and build of construction projects up to a value of £50 million.