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Monday, 21 February 2011
A 23-year-old soldier who lost his arm during a fire fight with insurgents in southern Afghanistan has become the first military amputee to receive a ...
Monday, 21 February 2011
Working with the British soldiers who run the Helmand Police Training Centre are a handful of MOD Police who are passing on their expertise to the fle...
Monday, 21 February 2011
HMS York left Portsmouth, bound for the South Atlantic, on Saturday where she will conduct maritime security patrols around the British South Atlantic...
Monday, 21 February 2011
Thousands of people lined the streets of Elgin on Saturday to welcome home RAF servicemen and women from RAF Lossiemouth following operational deploym...
Monday, 21 February 2011
Army Engineers have returned to Cumbria to dismantle the temporary military bridge that was erected over the River Derwent during the severe flooding ...
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Speech delivered by Minister for International Security Strategy at the Gulf Defence Conference, Armed Forces Officers’ Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab E...
Friday, 18 February 2011
A British training team puts Ugandan troops through their paces on the eve of deployment to Somalia. Report by Sharon Kean....
Friday, 18 February 2011
The Reverend Robin Richardson, currently deployed to Afghanistan with 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, here reflects on some of the experiences h...
Friday, 18 February 2011
Getting the bullets, beans and bandages, not to mention ballistic underpants and bulldozers, from Camp Bastion to the various Forward Operating Bases ...
Friday, 18 February 2011
Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer HMS Manchester, a veteran of the first Gulf War, returned to her Portsmouth home for the last time yesterday, 17 February...
Friday, 18 February 2011
War hero Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry VC, who demonstrated ice-cool courage when he saved the lives of several members of his unit during ambushes i...
Thursday, 17 February 2011
A RAF Tornado GR4 crew on a surveillance mission was diverted to launch an air assault on Taliban fighters who had ambushed UK troops on patrol in Hel...
Thursday, 17 February 2011
A small unit in the Ugandan capital of Kampala is helping to spread the British Army's expertise across East Africa. Report by Sharon Kean....
Thursday, 17 February 2011
The nascent Afghan Air Force has reached a milestone in its capabilities by achieving 2,000 hours of flight time in the C-27 Spartan transport aircraf...
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Saluting their fallen forebears, four sailors from HMS Clyde recently honoured the crew of HMS Coventry, which was sunk in the Falklands campaign, aft...
Thursday, 17 February 2011
The vigilance of two sharp-eyed Gibraltar Defence Police (GDP) officers recently led to the confiscation of 40,000 cigarettes and the arrest of two Sp...
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
The creation of a new organisation to manage Defence property has been announced by Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox today, Wednesday 16 February 2011....
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Military aircraft will be able to land free of charge at Newquay Cornwall Airport, which is adjacent to RAF St Mawgan, as of this week for a trial per...
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Five hostages and their fishing vessel have been freed from Somali pirates by a naval boarding party from HMS Cornwall....
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has delivered the latest Government quarterly update on Afghanistan to Parliament, highlighting the growing force levels...
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
The head of the NATO Training Mission (NTM) in Kabul spoke yesterday about the achievements made so far in building up effective Afghan National Secur...
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has spoken of his 'fury' that 38 soldiers learned by e-mail that their contracts on the long-service list would not be r...
Monday, 14 February 2011
New lightweight ration packs which feature easy to carry new menus that can be eaten quickly whilst on patrol have arrived on the front line in Afghan...
Monday, 14 February 2011
The Minister for International Security Strategy, Gerald Howarth, and Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, Chief of the Air Staff, have visited Afgha...
Monday, 14 February 2011
Theo, a Springer spaniel cross who holds the record for finding the most improvised explosive devices and weapons in Afghanistan, has had his tour ext...
Friday, 11 February 2011
Speech delivered by Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans at the Colchester Personnel Recovery Centre, Colchester Garrison on Friday 11...
Friday, 11 February 2011
The Royal Air Force has this month celebrated the 70th anniversary of its Search and Rescue Force (SARF)....
Friday, 11 February 2011
The Army started building work on a new residential recovery centre to help injured soldiers today, Friday 11 February 2011....
Friday, 11 February 2011
Her Majesty The Queen has given her formal approval to the appointment of His Royal Highness Prince William as Colonel of the Irish Guards....
Friday, 11 February 2011
A team of Royal Navy explosive experts has recovered a 1954 Mark 9 torpedo off the coast of Beachy Head, Eastbourne, after a fishing boat spotted it f...
Home Office Asylum seekers will pay towards costs of accommodation
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Planning Inspectorate Dean Moor Solar Farm development consent decision announced
Trade Remedies Authority TRA opens new investigation into LLD polyethylene from the USA