Defence in the Media: 20 August 2016
...have a continuing duty of care to everyone who is in legal difficulty as a result of events arising from their service in the Armed Forces. We will provide them...
Defence in the media: 19 August 2016
...final decisions have been made. Royal Marines The Daily Mail reports that female service personnel could share rooms with male Royal Marines under plans put forward by the First Sea...
Defence in the Media: 18 August 2016
Defence news today includes claims about Army manpower and further reporting on Kinloss barracks. Kinloss barracks Further reporting on the situation around Kinloss barracks is carried in The Times Scotland. The MOD's position is below. An MOD spokesperson said: MOD land currently spans about half …
Battle of the Somme: 100 years since the British and French armies fought side-by-side at Guillemont and Maricourt
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The Battle of the Somme, fought between July and November 1916, was one of the defining events of the First World War. With more than one million casualties on all sides during the 141 days of the battle, virtually every …
Defence in the Media: 17 August 2016
...be used by the SAS to track terrorist targets worldwide. Read our story about Zephyr here. The Zephyr aircraft ASRAAM contract There is online coverage including on ITV News and...
Defence in the Media: 16 August 2016
Last night Channel 4 Dispatches looked at the UK’s housing situation, with a focus on the land sold off by the MOD. This morning there is continued coverage of the closure of Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) and speculation about the …
Defence in the Media: 15 August 2016
...the Philippines, Jordan, Ukraine and China. The Cadets that completed the course were at the very start of their military training and did not receive access to sensitive information or...
Defence in the Media: 14 August 2016
Of note for Defence news today is reporting about a new training scheme at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and claims about British Special Forces. Sandhurst The Sun carries an article which looks at a new scheme at Sandhurst which could …
Defence in the media: 13 August 2016
Today’s defence in the media includes coverage of Major Heather Stanning’s Gold medal in Rio and the successful conviction of two men, following the seizure in 2015 by the Royal Navy and a Border Force Cutter of the biggest single …
Defence in the media: 12 August 2016
...by an £800m fund is reported in The Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Financial Times. The initiative will include a dragon’s den-style innovation panel and new hub to bring...
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