A Rockwell B1 Lancer heavy bomber takes off to depart for home at RAF Fairford on Sunday

The US has withdrawn all of its bombers from RAF Fairford, the UK military base at the centre of an incident being investigated by counter-terror police.

A statement from a Pentagon official confirmed on Sunday it had removed its bombers- thought to be about a dozen B-1s - from the base back to their home st

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