http://flagman.org.uk/news Flag news, designs, opinions Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:51:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Story from the Daily Mirror A Brit has been arrested in Calais for blowing his nose on the French flag and throwing it at a policeman.The unnamed man, in his 30s, is an activist for the No Border charity which rented a hangar to shelter Britishbound illegal immigrants. But after ... http://flagman.org.uk/news/?p=116 From LEP.co.uk St George's Day in Preston will not be a damp squib this year, Town Hall chiefs have promised. The group charged with boosting civic pride in the city is planning a series of events to mark the patron saint's day in April. But Preston Council's civic and democratic committee admits it ... http://flagman.org.uk/news/?p=115 A soldier who helped raise the red flag over the Reichstag has died reports The Times   A Red Army soldier who appeared in an iconic photograph of a Soviet flag flying from the ruins of Hitler’s Reichstag has died, aged 93. Abdulkhakim Ismailov had fought all the way to Berlin from ... http://flagman.org.uk/news/?p=114 New in amongst our Sewn flag selection (click here) are the nylon flags in Union jack and St George. Nylon is very popular in the US where they know a thing or two about flags!   The design is sewn, as a proper flag should be and the material hard wearing, but the ... http://flagman.org.uk/news/?p=113 Quite right too!  From digitalspy   Glastonbury-goers have voted in favour of keeping flags at the Somerset event. While early figures on the festival's official site had revealed opinion to be fairly split, the results have since swung against the ban. Around 13,000 votes were counted on the contentious subject, with 55% (7,269 votes) ... http://flagman.org.uk/news/?p=112 Here is a bizarre little application for your iphone. An educational game in which you identify international flags. Great news for flag enthusiast but perhaps a little of a minority choice. Still the advert says it is addictive.  From Know your mobile If you live in the UK, the US or much of ... http://flagman.org.uk/news/?p=111   From the Telegraph  Mrs Covey has been proudly holding aloft a legion flag pole at remembrance services and commemorations for three decades. But now, despite her good health and physical fitness, the former air force cook has gone ''beyond the age of insurance'', the Legion said. Officials from her branch in ... http://flagman.org.uk/news/?p=110 From the BBC   The UK has apologised to Spain after the Royal Navy used a buoy with the Spanish colours for target practice. The exercise took place off the coast of Gibraltar earlier this week. The UK ambassador was summoned to the foreign ministry in Madrid to explain. According to local reports, ... http://flagman.org.uk/news/?p=109    From the Daily Mail The only surviving Union Jack from the Battle of Trafalgar today sold for a staggering world record of £384,000 - nearly 40 times its estimate. The huge flag, that is littered with holes from shot damage and still has a whiff of gunpowder, flew from the jackstaff of ... http://flagman.org.uk/news/?p=108 Well, there is no fool like an old fool!  or maybe just a flag nut. What will he do if a country changes it's flag? From the Telegraph     Mr Rishi, 67, is planning to cover himself in 220 different banners in his quest to become a walking global flag-pole. Already sporting six tattoos, Canada, ... http://flagman.org.uk/news/?p=107