The fate of the BAE shipyard, perennially the focus of uncertainty, has been secured for the foreseeable future with the announcement of orders for two new Royal Navy carriers.

BBC: NEWS | VOTE 2003

New orders to build ships for the Royal Navy have given the old industrial giant a new lease of life.

BBC: Shadows of the past on Tyneside

Donovan had been resentful after being told he would not be attached to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Cardigan Bay because he had disobeyed orders to clean part of the submarine, the court heard.

BBC: Able Seaman Ryan Samuel Donovan

Speaking at the Royal Norfolk Show on Wednesday, Smith was naming no names, saying she was under strict orders.

BBC: Smith hints at Norwich investment

It's more than 50 years since the Royal Navy last commissioned a ship from a foreign country, goes the argument, and the first orders will be placed - or so we're told - after the autumn 2014 vote.

BBC: Fog on the Clyde