The British Times (1983: Doomsday)

The British Times is the official newspaper of the Organisation of British Nations. Launched on January 2nd 2011 it is published every fortnight on a Sunday. The central clearing house is located in Woodbridge, which selects the largest stories of the fortnight to publish. However, in each nation where it is published the main stories are backed up by local news and editorials on how the main issues relate to that particular country.

Published articles deal primarily with news relating to OBN nations, though also covers events in the Celtic Alliance, and to a lesser degree New Britain and Europe.

June
3rd to 6th June 2011: Most successful Appleby horse fair since Doomsday The Westmorland and Furness Alliance has held it's first Appleby horse fair since the dissolution of the Rheged Co-Operative in early 2011. With the assistance of Lancastrian horse traders it was the most successful since Doomsday with over 600 horses and ponies being bought, sold and traded.

3rd June, 2011: Cleveland assits with Newolland's Lincolnshire assimilation project  In an agreement with the Newolland government and with the assitance of the OBN, two Battalions of Royal Cleveland Territorial Army (The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and the Blues and Royals) have been stationed on the south side of the River Humber in former North Lincolnshire, they will assist the repair teams from Cleveland Railway working on the connecting railines between Cleveland and Newolland.

They will also assist in any repairs to road and foot bridges in the area as well as setting up diplomatic links between the OBN and the locals.

After discussions with the goverment of Newolland (who claims the area) any areas suitable for hydro-electric plants and places for wind turbines will be surveyed and after reporting to the government of Newolland will be constructed and connected to a new electrical grid.

They are expected to begin by surveying between the towns of Barton-upon-Humber and Barrow-upon-Humber to the port town of Grimsby in late June/early July.

May
9th May, 2011: After effects of the Ur Alba War    /

The death toll for the Ur Alba war was high


 * Ur Alba - 2187
 * Celtic Alliance - 832
 * RCTA - 27
 * Northumbrian Army/Rheged Militia - 34
 * Scottish civillians - 197
 * Southern English Navy - 15

In addition 774 Ur Alba Troops were captured and taken to a POW camp outside Douglas, Isle of Mann.

Directly after the war the Celtic Alliance signed an agreement with Northumbria, Cleveland and Southern England to help set up a democratic government in Scotland. They decide to make the seat of government in Edinburgh.

There has also been a decision that a group of Cleveish, Northumbrian, Celts and Southern English politians and developers will lead the country until a true democratic Scottish government can be established

After the war the allied nations decided to divide up some of the land that Ur Alba had conquered in the past two years.


 * Celtic Alliance will get the Irish Sea coastline including the towns of Ayr and Dumfries and east to the former A76.


 * Northumbria will get a border with the Celtic Alliance along the southern section of the old A76. It also gets the towns of Lockerbie and Moffat, all land south of the A706 including the towns of Selkirk, Hawick, Melrose, Jedburgh, Kelso, Galashiels, Duns and the port of Eyemouth on the North Sea coast.

8th May, 2011 : Clevelander reaches summit of Everest BASE CAMP IV, MT Everest Alan Hinkes returns to Base Camp IV after successfully reaching the summit of Mount Everest at just before 11am on the 7th of May 2011. He has severe frostbite to his left hand after loosing his outer glove on the summit while taking photographs, he expects to be returning to the Kingdom of Cleveland by the end of the month.

8th May, 2011: Fall of Ur Alba PEEBLES, Ur Alba    /  During the night roughly 2500 civillians evacuated Peebles with the allied troops giving safe passage to women and children, all men were searched and anyone showing allegence to the Ur Alba military or the Chamberhouse were taken into custody and taken to a camp near the Northumbrian town of Carlisle.

At 10am the bombardment of the capital city of Peebles begins, the CA airforce begins by dropping bombs on the main bridge across the River Tweed in the city centre, effectivly cutting the city in half and by destroying Venlaw Castle, the seat of the Chamberhouse. The allied troops begin by firing mortars and heavy artillery into the west and south of the city. Celtic Alliance troops advance quickly from the west across the former Golf club land and with 100 troop moving across the north of the city, taking up position on the high ground above the city. They begin mortaring the city centre.

At 10.30am the Ur Alba troops begin their attack along the Edinburgh Road dividing the troops on the high ground the east from the main CA troops, they then begin the attack on the CA troops on the high ground, however due to the steepness of the ground and the defending CA troop the Ur Alba troops take heavy casulties and by 11.20am they withdraw back to the city centre.

In the south RCTA and Northumbrian army troops with the assistance of the CA airforce attack the south of the city beginning at 11am, the majority of the south falls quickly, however there are two areas of stiff resistance, one between the destroyed main bridge and the main weir across the river and another near a small footbridge in the west of the city. It takes nearly an hour for the footbridge to fall and another two hours for the main bridge to fall. casulties on both sides are heavy with 150 allied troops and over 200 Ur Alba troops dying and many more being injured. Once the south of the city had fallen to the allies they begin to make their way the footbridge and across the River Tweed at the weir at 12pm, at 12.15pm the footbridge that the allied troops are using explodes killing nearly 50 allied troops, the bridge appeared to have been booby trapped by the Ur Alba troops before they fell.

In the north and west CA troops were slowly advancing across the city heading for the city centre, once they had crossed the main graveyard for the city the fighting became street to street, building to building, bolstered by the RCTA and Northumbrian troops coming across the River Tweed they advance more quickly and they take the 'old town' at 2pm. There are several Ur Alba attacks during the day, mainly they are weak and ineffective however at 3.40pm there is a major attack from the east, 300 Ur Alba troops attack down the main High Street, they fight well but the majority of them are killed within the first few minutes of the attack, by 4pm the attack had faultered and the Ur Alba troop withdraw to the far end of the High Street.

By 4.30pm all Ur Alba troops west of a small river known as the Cuddy (otherwise known as the Eddleston Water) have been defeated and only the area north of the Tweed and east of the Cuddy. By 5pm CA troops had begun attacking the city from the north along the Edinburgh Road and along the main High Street and a battalion of 300 men from the RCTA have crossed the Tweed to the east of the city and are attacking along the Innerleithen Road back towards the City centre.

At 7pm 500 Ur Alba troops slowly appear on Eastgate waving white flags, they approach the CA troops and ask to surrender, they carry a hand written letter signed by Chairman Macintire and four other members of the Chamberhouse declaring an unconditional surrender of all Ur Alba military to the allies.

By 8pm all Ur Alba troops have surrendered to the allies, members of the RCTA enter the old Peebles Community Centre on Walkers Haugh in the east of the city and find Chairman Macintire, he is dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound alongside him are General MacDonald, the head of the Ur Alba Army and three other unidentified people assumed to be members of the Chamberhouse.

7th May, 2011: Allied troop surround Ur Alba Captial city    /  After the attacks on the town of Dumfries, the allied troops have begun to move towards the Ur Alba captial city of Peebles. The Celtic Alliance has once again given their final warning to the Chamberhouse to unconditionally surrender or face a military attack. There has been no reply.

By 2pm the allied troops had set up positions around Peebles, the CA airforce drops leaflets over the city telling all civillians to get out of the city overnight as bombardment and attack will occur tomorrow.

Total troops around Peebles are:
 * Celtic Alliance - 2500
 * RCTA - 700
 * Northumbrian Army - 300
 * Rheged Militia - 200

There are an estimated 3000 Ur Alba troops in Peebles itself.

6th May 2011: Second attempt on Everest by Cleveish climber expected tomorrow The weather has broken around Mount Everest and is expected to stay fine for the next few days, mountineer Alan Hinkes has said he expects that the attempt will begin before daybreak on the 7th of May.

6th May, 2011: Assault on Dumfries    / At daybreak the attack began on the Ur Alba town of Dumfries, the resistance from the town was extreamly heavy and the fight continued for the remainder of the day, by 5pm the majority of the town had fell to the allied troops with only a small area on the east bank of the River Cree around the St George's church.

The battle continued until 7pm when approximatley 50 Ur Alba troops charged the allied lines, they were shot down before they could reach the forward allied lines, the remaining 60 men inside the church surrendered shortly afterwards and have been transported to the POW camp on the Isle of Mann.

Casulties for the day were very high


 * Celtic Alliance: Dead - 197, injured - 72
 * Northumbrian Army: Dead - 5, injured - 17
 * Rheged Militia: Dead - 7, injured - 22
 * Ur Alba: Dead - 372, injured - 87, captured - 72

'''5th May Woodbridge General Election Result. '''The final totals of seats gained by each party in the Woodbridge General Election is as follows: Conservatives 41 (-17), Labour 16 (+7), Liberals 15 (+6), Veterans Party 8 (+4). As a result Prime Minister John Robson's Conservatives remain in power with a wafer-thin majority of one seat.

5th May, 2011 : Last diplomatic alternative fails    /  At 8am the government of the Celtic Alliance contacted the Chamberhouse in Peebles and asked for the Ur Alba military to surrender unconditionally, if that occurs then the allies military will not attack the heavily populated Ur Alba towns of Dumfries, Lockerbie and Peebles.

The Ur Alba chamberhouse has responded at 10am by saying that ''The people of Ur Alba will never surrender to the imperialistic and hostile invaders that have attack our lands. The Ur Alba people will fight to the last man and the last bullet''

After this message was received by the Celtic Alliance, CA troops moved to surround the town of Dumfries, it was fully surrounded by 6pm and the bombadment began shortly after 7pm, the CA airforce has begun to bomb obvious military targets while the CA Navy has begun bombardment of the town centre.

During the day allied troops also surrounded the town of Lockerbie, however the local civillian population surrendered to the Celtic troops at 5pm rather than be attacked, the civillians had attacked the Ur Alba troops based in the town shortly after the Chamberhouse message.

In the North Sea the SE navy accompanied by the Cleveland battleship HMS Tees has arrived off the Ur Alba coast, they have begun blockading the ports of Eyemouth (Where HMS Tees has been sent), North Berwick and Dunbar

4th May, 2011: Attacks continue in Ur Alba    /  The Rheged Militia and Northumbrian army took the Ur Alba port town of Annan with very light resistance by 2pm, the Ur Alba army had withdrawn towards the town of Lockerbie before the attack occured.

In the east the town of Kelso put up a heavier resistance it was only after the 1st brigade of the Green Howards TA broke into the the centre of the town at 2pm that the Ur Alba troops began a stratigic withdrawl to the towns of Melrose and Selkirk protecting the road to the Ur Alba captial Peebles, they also retreated from the border town of Coldstream and the towns of Jedburgh and Hawick all three of which have now been taken by the Northumbrian army with the assistance of 2nd brigade of the Green Howards. All forward Northumbrian army and Royal Cleveland Territorial Army troops have taken up station in Galashiels, within one days march of the Ur Alba captial Peebles.

In the west the expected attack on the Ur Alba military town of Newton Stewart began just before daybreak with a sustained bombadment from the CA Navy and Airforce and mortar and heavy artillery attack from the CA infantary the attack was lead from the south from the division based in Creetown as they moved northwards and cut off all the only road to be used as an escape point by the Ur Alba military then at 10am the main attack occurs and after heavy fighting, much of it street to street and even building to building the town was taken by CA troops at 5pm, they had suffered heavy losses with 297 CA troops killed and another 218 injured, the Ur Alba army suffered much heavier casulities, mainly from the overnight bombardment total killed for the Ur Alba army was 491 dead, 252 injured and 371 captured. the captured Military were taken to the POW camp on the Isle of Mann.

After taking the town 1500 CA troops began moving eastwards along the old A712 towards the city of Dumfries. BY nightfall they had reached the Clatteringshaw Loch where they set up base for the night. The troops that had been moving down the Macintire wall have turned east and are heading towards the Ur Alba city of Dumfries

In Cleveland HMS Tees has had her sea trials cut short and has docked in Hartlepool to resupply and receive her final armourments, she is expected to join with the Southern English Navy as the steam northwards toward the Ur Alba North Sea ports tomorrow.

Currently the only towns under Ur Alba control are Dumfries, Lockerbie, which are becoming isolated in the north and Celtic sources believe they will fall in the next two days. Peebles, the captial city, Edinburgh, which only has a small contigent of army, and the ports along the North Sea coast particularly Dunbar, North Berwick and Eyemouth.

Fatalities, injured and captured totals (to the end of the 4th of May) are:


 * Celtic Alliance: Dead - 557, Injured - 320, Captured (MIA) - 1
 * Ur Alba: Dead -1127, Injured - 391 , Captured (MIA) - 553
 * RCTA: Dead - 1, Injured - 27, Captured - 0
 * Northumbrian Army: Dead - 4, Injured 12, Captured - 0
 * Rheged Militia: Dead - 1, Injured 9, Captured - 0

Total dead - 1690 and injured - 759.

4th May, 2011: Essex politician denounces Celtic Alliance: Prominent Essex politician, Jim Barker-McCardle, today spoke out against the Scottish War, which Essex has declared neutrality in. 'The Scottish regime is not one to be supported', he said, 'but neither is the expansionist, imperialist intent of the Celts'. Barker-McCardle, who negotiated the future division of Kent, is increasingly well known for his contrarian views to the Essex government. By denouncing the Celts he is likely to win support from the Celtophobic masses in the upcoming elections.

3rd May, 2011: ongoing attacks in the Ur Alba war The high ground of Drumphail was finally cleared of Ur Alba troop at 11am, the high ground of Knockfell was attacked by CA ground forces at daybreak after being bombarded by the CA navy all night. Resistance was strong and the land had been heavily mined but Knockfell fall cleared by 6pm with the loss of 129 CA troops and 300+ Ur Alba troops, another 121 Ur Alba troops were captured and removed to the POW camp on the Isle of Mann.

With the fall of Knockfell the CA troops moved quickly so that by nightfall CA troops were within range of the west of Newton Stewart, which had been bombarded all night from the CA airforce, although there were sporadic mortar attacks from the town the CA troop dug in for the night as the mortars were not aimed well and appeared to be being fired blind.

During the early morning the 1500 CA troops at Blackshaw came under attack from Ur Alba troops protecting Dumfries, the CA troops successfully repulsed four seperate attacks during the day with no loss of life on the CA side.

In the north CA troops continued along the Macintire wall, destroying it as they went, during the day they has sparce, sporadic resistance and suffered no injuries or losses and had reached the abandonded town of Ironmacannie.

Troops moving along the MacDonald wall took heavier fighting particularly where the Galloway Forest reached the east side of the defensive wall, the CA lost nearly 50 men in the fighting but by nightfall the troops had reached the banks of the River Cree, they set up thier night base in a large selection of farm buildings just north of Newton Stewart.

In the north 3000 men have continued their way southwards along the old A74 when they reached the town of Beattock 2000 men continued along the A74 towards the town of Lockerbie the 1000 others moved down the old A701 towards the north of the town of Dumfries.

During the day 300 more CA troops landed at the town of Creetown on the east bank of the mouth of the River Cree, they set up base in the town. It is expected that the Ur Alba military base at Newton Stewart will be attacked in the next few days as the CA now has troops bases at its north, south and west.

Also during the day a selection of Rheged Militia, Northumbrian and Cleveland army troops broke across the southern border of Ur Alba with the Rheged Militia and a contingent of Northumbria troops moving towards the lightly defended west Ur Alba town of Annan while in the east a division of the Royal Cleveland Territorial Army and a contingent of Northumbrian Army moved to attack the more heavily defended town of Kelso.

2nd May: 1st attempt on Mt Everest by Clevelish climber Alan Hinkes has made hit first attempt on the summit of Mount Everest, he was turned back with 500 feet to go due to heavy weather, he expects the weather to break on the 7th or 8th of May at which point he will make another attempt.

2nd May, 2011: Kingdoms of Northumbria and Cleveland join the CA/Southern England side - After talks with the Government and Military of the Celtic Alliance the Kingdoms of Cleveland and Northumbria have signed an agreement to move into Ur Alba territory to take the towns of Annan in the west and Kelso in the east from the Ur Alba military. This military action will begin on the 3rd May 2011.

1st May, 2011: Capture of the Ur Alba port of Ayr  At daybreak four landing craft land near the Ur Alba port of Ayr, two land at the former Prestwick golf club another two land on the north side of the mouth of the River Doon, in total they land 500 troops, they quickly move to take the port to stop attacks by the Ur Alba Navy.

By 10am the CA troops have taken the south side of the River Ayr and in the north they have moved to with 500 metres of the port itself, the Celtic troops have been helped by a large number of local population who are loyal to the Celtic Alliance.

The Ur Alba troops based in the port are putting up a strong resistance, but as there are only estimated to be 200 Ur Alba men in the port facility.

At approximatly 12.30pm the port facility at Ayr falls to the Celtic Alliance, the surviving 129 Ur Alba troops are captured and taken to a facility for prisoners of war on the Isle of Mann.

Fatalities are 37 Celtic troops killed, 58 injured and 116 Ur Alba troops killed, 43 injured, 129 captured.

5000+ Troops have begun moving south and east from Glasgow, quickly taking land from the Ur Alba reserve troops. Rumours around the Celtic Alliance say that there are plans to take Peebles by the end of May.

April
29th April Helicopter shot down over Ipswich A HH-53 helicopter belonging to the air force of Woodbridge was shot down over Ipswich whilst undertaking a regular patrol

29th-30th April 2011:Bombardment of Stranraer During the night of the 29th and into the early morning of the 30th April the Celtic Alliance lands a further 2000 troops on the beaches around Stranraer territory, they also bring more self propelled guns, tanks and other military vehicles. At daybreak CA military jets begin bombing Ur Alba positions on the high ground to the east of Stranraer, Ur Alba troops defend themselves using anti-aircraft guns and surface to air missiles, two CA jets are shot down during the morning, one pilot is killed and another bails out over unfriendly territory, his conditon is currently unknown. Ur Alba troops began the bombardment of the port town of Stranraer at 10am using mobile artillery and mortars. CA troops in the town have returned fire. At 1pm, five armed fishing vessels of the Ur Alba Navy appear to the north of Stranraer territory, two CA figates and 1 CA destroyer moved north to intercept them, they attack at long range so that the Ur Alba vessels cannot return fire, three Ur Alba vessels are seriously damaged and one sinks, the surviving vessels retreat to the port of Ayr, two frigates follow them and blockade the port to stop them returning to sea. 29th April 2011: Celtic troops land nr Stranraer At 6am three landing craft land at the former Wigtownshire golf club on the south coast, they carry 500 men from the Celtic Alliance Special Forces, with 5 Abbot self propelled guns. They make their way to Stranraer to bolster the military there. At 12 noon two CA Frigates begin the bombardment of the high ground where the Ur Alba troops are based, they bombard the high ground for two hours before switching to bombading the former A75, A710, A711 and A712 roads that run from the Macintire wall through the MacDonald wall to the frontline. There plans are to cut off the supply lines to the Ur Alba troops. 28th April, 2011:Attacks continue in Ur Alba - Celtic Alliance war -Reports have begun to arrive in the Chamberhouse that the Celtic Alliance are massing troops,planes, ships and landing craft along the Ulster coastline, particularly the port of Larne which is only 30 miles from the Celtic port of Stranraer. In response Ur Alba troops have advanced into Celtic Alliance territory and taken up positions on the high ground to the east overlooking the port near the Luce River, they are within mortar range of the port itself.

April 27th, 2011: Singleton Clan promises military forces to Southern England and the Celtic Alliance: Scarbourgh, Cleveland

The Singleton Clan has pledged military equipment and ships to the Celtic Alliance and Southern England. This is because some of the goods onboard a Celtic merchant ship were from Clan suppliers and the attack has cost them ten thousand Cel in profits. In a statement to the times, Clan deputy Ian Singleton stated that the continuing damage to Clan property by the Scots meant that they fully supported any Celtic military actions.

April 27th, 2011: Southern England declares war on Ur Alba RYDE, Southern England

The Federal Republic of the Isle of Wight and Sussex has declared war on the nation of Ur Alba. In response to the naval battle off Stranraer the Republic has declared that it cannot allow an attack on merchant wessels to go unpunished. The Republican Navy has dispatched its main task force to the region with the Flagship RNV Isle of Wight ariving this evening with Republican military leaders onboard.

April 27th, 2011: Offical declaration of war from Celtic Alliance: DUBLIN, Celic Alliance - An official response to the attack on the Celtic Alliance Navy Vessel Wexford:

''After the blatant and horrific attack on the CNDF Wexford by the Navy of the nation of Ur Alba, that killed 34 Celtic sailors and injured another 12, an official state of war is declared between the nation of Ur Alba and the Alliance of Celtic Peoples, otherwise known as the Celtic Alliance. Further information will follow''

April 27th, 2011: Naval battle off Stranraer territory :  OFF STRANRAER TERRITORY, Celtic Alliance - The two armed Celtic mechant vessels leave the Celtic port of Stranraer, they take heavy fire from the Ur Alba Navy. One is rammed by an Ur Alba fishing vessel causing severe damage to the hull of the merchant vessel and some flooding, causing the deaths of men aboard. The Celtic Alliance destroyer CNDF Dublin fires upon the Ur Alba Navy after a stray bullet strikes the bridge. It fires two anti-shipping missles, one hits one of the armed fishing vessels broadside at the waterlevel, blowing the vessel into two, it sinks within minutes, killing all onboard.

In a surprise to the Celtic destroyers, the Ur Alba navy returns fire with their own anti-shipping missiles which were appeared to based on the Exocet missile. Four missiles were launched, one from each remaining vessel, three miss however one strikes the CNDF Wexford between deck one and deck two, roughly midships, it exploded killing 27 men outright and causes a major fire onboard. CNFD Dublin fires missles on the remaining Ur Alba vessels, sinking another one and causing the remainder of Ur Alba fleet to scatter. It then moves in to assist the CNDF Wexford.

It takes all injured and non-essential staff off the CNDF Wexford and sends its own fire crews aboard to assist in the fire fighting. Both vessels retreat to a safe distance under their own power. It takes 5 hours to put the fire out on the CNDF Wexford.

In total 34 Celtic sailors, 7 men on the rammed merchant vessel, and 54 Ur Alba sailors die in the attacks. A further 44 sailors of all nationalities are injured.

April 26th, 2011: Celtic Alliance destroyers take position of the Stranraer coast :  OFF STRANRAER TERRITORY, Celtic Alliance. - After attacks by the Ur Alba Navy on Celtic Alliance merchant vessels entering the Celtic port of Stranraer, two Celtic Alliance Destroyers (CNDF Dublin and CNDF Wexford) have taken up station off the coast to assist with the entry and exit of merchant vessels from the port. They have been given orders to only fire when fired upon.

21st April, 2011: Southern England condemns Scottish military actions RYDE, Southern England

The Parliament of Southern England today met in Ryde to condemn the Scottish actions against the Celtic Alliance. In an official statement by Peter Brand the Republic's parliament stated that; "Although we recognize that the Scottish government has legitimate concerns involving the Celtic Alliance they should be resolved through diplomatic channels. We cannot condone military action on Scotland's part and while we hope that their is a peaceful solution we will place our naval forces under Celtic command should this solution not be reached."

20th April, 2011: Celtic Alliance response to Ur Alba military action DUBLIN, Celtic Alliance - In an offical response to the Ur Alba military blockading the Celtic port of Stranraer.

''What the Ur Alba government and military are doing around the territory surrounding the Celtic port of Stranraer effectively is an act of premeditated warmongering, if any Ur Alba troops set foot on Celtic land or attack any vessels attempting to enter the port of Stranraer we will class that as a declaration of war on the Celtic Alliance. Any response to this act will be swift and it will be final, this is a warning to the Chariman Macintire, if your military tries to invade we will destroy it before it threatens any Celtic citizens''

19th April, 2011: Ur Alba blockading Celtic Alliance territoryPEBBLES, Ur Alba - One of the main military leaders Johnathan MacDonald has announced that 12 divisions of Ur Alba Infantry as well as 3 units of Heavy Caverlary, 3 units of Light Caverlary and 4 units of Special Service Infantry (making a total of 8600 men) have taken up station near the border with the Celtic Alliance territory around the town of Stranraer with the intention of reclaiming the area for the Scottish homeland from the 'Imperialistic Celts' peacefully and with as little disruption to locals as possible.

Chairman Macintire has already sent messengers to the leadership of the town of Stranraer asking for the town and surrounding territories to vote on a referendum on joining Ur Alba and leaving the Celtic Alliance.

In order for the decision of the town of Stranraer to be made more quickly four vessels of the Ur Alba navy have set up station to discourage the Celtic Alliance Navy for interfering in what it believes is effectivly a Scottish matter

Celtic Response

An official Celtic Alliance statement has yet to be announced, however news has been filtering out of the territory of Stranraer. Many people are hoping that if they vote in the referendum not to leave the Celtic Alliance that the military of Ur Alba may back down, but many believe that even if the vote goes that way that the leadership of Ur Alba will not listen and will try and invade. If this happens the majority of the population believe it will be a short battle with Ur Alba severely outmanned and outgunned by the Alliance military.

With the port effectivley being blockaded by the Ur Alba Navy many local families are making their way to smaller bays in hopes that they can be evacuated before military action begins.

April 19th, 2011: Cleveland Football Association changes name MIDDLESBROUGH, Kingdom of Cleveland - The Cleveland Football Association (CFA) has announced that from the beginning of the 2011/12 season, with the inclusion of team from the Kingdom of Northumbria into the football league, that the CFA will become the Albion Football Association or AFA.

6th April 2011: General Election announced in Woodbridge

At the end of this morning's session in the Woodbridge Parliament Prime Minister John Robson made the formal announcement that the forthcoming General Election would be held on the 5th of May

5th April 2011: Essex and Southern England discuss future of Kent Delegates from the two nations have met in Minster to plan the annexation of the county of Kent. David Pugh from Southern England arrived earlier the previous day in the RNV Winchester and was greeted by Norman Hammond, CEO of the Chartered Company of Sheppey, and Jim Barker-McCardle, Essex politician. The latter man's appointment to the role was controversial, as he is a vocal and popular opponent to incumbent High Minister Lee Evans. When questioned about he appointment, Evans stated 'I know from personal experience that he is a man who won't lose an argument. I picked him because I can think of no one better to win the arguments that will bring wealth to our nation.'.

The news follows confirmation by both nations that they will be colonising Kent in the near future.

March
30th March 2011: Death of Queen of Northumbria The Witain of Northumbria is saddened to report that last night after evening dinner, Queen Isobel Jane Percy, wife of King George, suffered a suspected massive stroke, although medical care was administered within 30 minutes of her collapse she did not regain conciousness and died shortly after 10pm with her husband King George and youngest child Prince Max at her side. Northumbria has entered an offical one week period of mourning, state funeral details will follow.

29th March 2011: Singleton Clan steps up patrols in Ur Alba After attacks on its traders and convoys in the Scottish state of Ur Alba the Singleton Clan has decided to increase military patrols in Ur Alba. It has agreed to maintain its current deals with the Clevish and Celtic government to escort Traders but has warned the Scottish government that if it continues attacks on its convoys it will respond with violence.

29th March 2011: Ur Alba troops hijack Cleveland railways train to Glasgow After going missing on the 28th March the Route Two Middlesbrough to Glasgow train has arrived at 1am in Glasgow. It was carrying an extra 127 refugees that were put onto the train by Ur Alba troops after they stopped and highjacked the train near the ruins of Edinburgh. The governments of the Celtic Alliance and the Kingdoms of Cleveland and Northumbria have called the highjacking Totally unacceptable!

In response the Chairman Macintire of Ur Alba has announced that he hopes that the incident will not sour relations with the Kingdom of Cleveland and it's southern neighbour the Kingdom of Northumbria. As for the Celtic Alliance he has said that the Celtic Alliance infiltrating traders into Scottish territories, whether or not they were a part of Ur Alba at the time was Celtic imperialism at its worse and the height of arrogance. 13th March 2011 : Northumbrian Witain election date The date for the election of two new members of the Northumbrian Witain from the former Rheged Co-Operative has been announced, the two new positions will be based in Carlisle and Workington and the vote wil take place on the 6th of May 2011. Rheged will become a full part of the Kingdom of Northumbria on Monday 9th May 2011.

12th March 2011, 11am : Referendum results announced in Rheged The results have been announced, of a population 12,000 people in Rheged 8,426 people registered to vote, the vote results are as follows:

Do you wish for the Rheged Co-Operative to become part of the Kingdom of Northumbria:


 * Yes - 5,972
 * No - 2,365
 * Spoiled ballot papers - 89

The referendum is passed with over 70% of votes coming back Yes it is planned that Rheged will become part of the Kingdom of Northumbria by mid May 2011.

11th March 2011 : Referendum in Rheged The planned referendum for Rheged to become part of the Kingdom of Northumbria will take place today polling stations opened at 7am and will shut at 7pm, results will be known by early on Saturday the 12th of March.