HMS Belfast marks 70th birthday ( BBC )

[Gavin Gait]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7297068.stm

[Hugh Ferguson]

Announced in the press today that President Putin is prepared to give his backing to a £million project to refurbish H.M.S.Belfast. This cruiser, as many would know, escorted convoys to North Russian ports during the war.