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Pioneering prevention programme launches at Army and Navy bases working with young recruits

Pioneering prevention programme launches at Army and Navy bases working with young recruits

Thursday, 13 November 2025

All military personnel are to be better protected through the launch of a new programme to prevent and address unacceptable sexual behaviour....

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MOD response to the first Armed Forces Sexualised Behaviours and Sexual Harassment Survey

MOD response to the first Armed Forces Sexualised Behaviours and Sexual Harassment Survey

Thursday, 13 November 2025

Today’s publication is the first ever military-wide sexual harassment survey results. ...

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Armed forces could benefit from £50 million novel blood products research

Armed forces could benefit from £50 million novel blood products research

Thursday, 13 November 2025

£50 million of funding available to research novel blood products to improve treatment in emergency and trauma care....

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Graves of three previously unknown World War 1 soldiers identified in Belgium

Graves of three previously unknown World War 1 soldiers identified in Belgium

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

Soldiers from Edinburgh, London and Stratford who were killed in Belgium now have headstones bearing their names, and rededication ceremonies were hel...

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Joint Statement from the Kingdom of Bahrain, United Kingdom and United States Defence Working Group

Joint Statement from the Kingdom of Bahrain, United Kingdom and United States Defence Working Group

Tuesday, 11 November 2025

A Joint Statement from the Kingdom of Bahrain, United Kingdom and United States Defence Working Group (DWG)....

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Veterans support centres to be rolled out across the country as transformational strategy launched

Veterans support centres to be rolled out across the country as transformational strategy launched

Monday, 10 November 2025

The government is launching its new Veterans Strategy to transform government support for our heroes and recognise their invaluable contribution acros...

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Launching the AI Model Arena

Launching the AI Model Arena

Monday, 10 November 2025

The Defence AI Centre has worked with industry to develop a new tool that will help redefine how Defence evaluates and procures AI technologies....

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Second World War veterans to receive government support for overseas remembrance events

Second World War veterans to receive government support for overseas remembrance events

Sunday, 09 November 2025

Government to support Second World War veterans to travel to overseas commemorative events...

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Military families in Cambridgeshire receive biggest housing upgrade in over half a century 

Military families in Cambridgeshire receive biggest housing upgrade in over half a century 

Thursday, 06 November 2025

Government’s Defence Housing Strategy will see biggest transformation of military housing in more than 50 years...

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Thousands of British workers deliver world class armoured fighting vehicle to the British Army

Thousands of British workers deliver world class armoured fighting vehicle to the British Army

Thursday, 06 November 2025

The new world-leading Ajax armoured fighting vehicle has entered service with the British Army....

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UK Carrier Strike Group returns to the Mediterranean

UK Carrier Strike Group returns to the Mediterranean

Wednesday, 05 November 2025

The UK Carrier Strike Group will strengthen NATO security through major exercises in the Mediterranean following five months in the Indo-Pacific regio...

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Joint Expeditionary Force launches enhanced partnership with Ukraine as allies step up further

Joint Expeditionary Force launches enhanced partnership with Ukraine as allies step up further

Wednesday, 05 November 2025

Euro-Atlantic security will be significantly strengthened in the High North and Baltic Sea as the UK and allies from across the region ramp up their m...

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UK Government deploys Royal Navy to support disaster relief efforts for hurricane hit Jamaica

UK Government deploys Royal Navy to support disaster relief efforts for hurricane hit Jamaica

Tuesday, 04 November 2025

HMS Trent sailed to Jamaica to help with humanitarian support, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa....

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Joint Statement: 19th Ukraine Defence Contact Group   National Armaments Directors

Joint Statement: 19th Ukraine Defence Contact Group National Armaments Directors

Tuesday, 04 November 2025

Joint Statement from the National Armaments Directors of Ukraine, Germany and the United Kingdom, co-chairs of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG...

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New Defence Housing Service to put forces families first 

New Defence Housing Service to put forces families first 

Monday, 03 November 2025

A new Defence Housing Service will be the centrepiece of a 'Forces First' approach in the Government’s new Defence Housing Strategy, launched today.??...

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Defence Housing Strategy: A £9bn ‘generational renewal' for forces family housing and 100,000 new homes on MOD land to drive growth

Defence Housing Strategy: A £9bn ‘generational renewal' for forces family housing and 100,000 new homes on MOD land to drive growth

Sunday, 02 November 2025

The MOD is announcing its new Defence Housing Strategy, with £9bn to improve over 40,000 military homes....

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Veterans and families get safe homes as £4.5 million awarded to housing providers

Veterans and families get safe homes as £4.5 million awarded to housing providers

Friday, 31 October 2025

Veterans who bravely served our country will get the homes they deserve, as £4.5 million is awarded to 19 housing providers across the UK, to build 45...

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Boost for British Armed Forces as UK and Germany sign major contract for next generation bridging equipment

Boost for British Armed Forces as UK and Germany sign major contract for next generation bridging equipment

Thursday, 30 October 2025

UK and Germany sign new contract for world-leading bridging equipment in latest milestone for landmark defence partnership...

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UK and Qatar step up defence relationship with new agreement

UK and Qatar step up defence relationship with new agreement

Thursday, 30 October 2025

Britain's security will be strengthened through a new defence agreement signed with Qatar....

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Graves of missing Bedfordshire Officers of World War 1 identified in Belgium

Graves of missing Bedfordshire Officers of World War 1 identified in Belgium

Wednesday, 29 October 2025

The lives of two Second Lieutenants who served in the Bedfordshire Regiment in World War 1 have finally been commemorated. Their identification as off...

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Graves of lost World War 1 Marines identified in France and Belgium

Graves of lost World War 1 Marines identified in France and Belgium

Wednesday, 29 October 2025

The hrave of Reginald Clarence Rogers MM (Military Medal), who was born in Kent, has now been marked at Serre Rd No.2 Cemetery, France, whilst Thomas ...

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First World War soldier from Haslingden buried in France

First World War soldier from Haslingden buried in France

Monday, 27 October 2025

Haslingden born soldier, Lance Corporal Fred Ramsbottom, has been laid to rest in France more than a century after his death. ...

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Four First World War soldiers from Grimsby buried in France

Four First World War soldiers from Grimsby buried in France

Monday, 27 October 2025

Four Grimsby men of the Lincolnshire Regiment who served together, have finally been commemorated more than 100 years after their death. Relatives of ...

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UK and Germany to jointly hunt Russian submarines from Lossiemouth one year after landmark defence agreement

UK and Germany to jointly hunt Russian submarines from Lossiemouth one year after landmark defence agreement

Thursday, 23 October 2025

Defence Secretary John Healey hosted his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, at RAF Lossiemouth today...

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Government launches 'Back British' industry call to action to boost UK jobs, businesses, and skills

Government launches 'Back British' industry call to action to boost UK jobs, businesses, and skills

Wednesday, 22 October 2025

New measures will look to ensure that UK defence investment — even with overseas companies — benefits British business, British jobs and British skill...

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Major expansion of Digital & Cyber Bursary scheme in Lancashire to strengthen UK's ‘Cyber Corridor’ 

Major expansion of Digital & Cyber Bursary scheme in Lancashire to strengthen UK's ‘Cyber Corridor’ 

Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Hundreds of students in the north-west are set to gain valuable digital skills through a new expansion programme....

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UK reaffirms commitment to NATO peacekeeping in Kosovo

UK reaffirms commitment to NATO peacekeeping in Kosovo

Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Announcement continues UK’s longstanding support to Kosovo both bilaterally and through NATO...

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Defence Secretary John Healey MP Mansion House Defence and Security Lecture 2025

Defence Secretary John Healey MP Mansion House Defence and Security Lecture 2025

Tuesday, 21 October 2025

Defence Secretary John Healey MP gave the Lord Mayor’s Mansion House Defence and Security Lecture on Monday 20 October 2025....

British and German soldiers of the Great War laid to rest together near Ypres

British and German soldiers of the Great War laid to rest together near Ypres

Friday, 17 October 2025

The remains of an unknown British and an unknown German soldier have been laid to rest together near Ypres on the Western Front....

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Joint UK India Carrier Strike Group exercise deepens defence ties as deals boost UK jobs

Joint UK India Carrier Strike Group exercise deepens defence ties as deals boost UK jobs

Wednesday, 15 October 2025

Britain's strategic partnership with India continues to grow as the powerful UK-led Carrier Strike Group (CSG25) conducted military drills with the In...

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