Images Dated 7th July 2011

Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier HMS Illustrious Returns To Portsmouth Folllowing Refit

Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier HMS Illustrious is escorted by tugs as she returns to Portsmouth following her refit in Scotland.
HMS Illustrious returned to her Portsmouth home today (July 7) after completing a £40m maintenance and upgrade programme in Scotland.
The 22, 000 tonne ship, affectionately known as Lusty, was in the Rosyth dockyard in Fife for 16 months where she underwent modifications to turn her into a helicopter and commando carrier capable of carrying a force of up to 20 helicopters and 600 fully kitted out personnel.
Since leaving Rosyth on June 18 Illustrious has been undergoing sea trials off the UK coast. She will carry out further tests off the south coast before returning to the RN fleet at the end of this month.
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Leicester - 1988 Courage Club Champions

Rugby Union - Courage Clubs Championship 1988 - Leicester vs. Waterloo
Leicester team celebrate winning the title.
Back Row (L to R): Ian Bates, John Wells, Wayne Richardson, Stuart Redfern, Dean Richards, Malcolm Foulkes-Arnold, Tom Smith, Barry Evans, Harry Roberts.
Front: Steve Burnhill (Sub), Steve Kenney, Les Cusworth, Paul Dodge (with trophy), Dusty Hare, Rory Underwood, Peter Thornley

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Pan-Chinese Assembly

The Triumphal Arch in front of the hall of the new university in Peking, later Beijing, during the inaugural ceremony of the first Pan-Chinese National Assembly, circa 1925. In the foreground are the cars of the delegates and government officials. (Photo by Walter Bosshard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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