Defence in the media – Tuesday 29th March 2016
Reporting on defence issues in today’s papers includes articles on the new Hawk support contract with BAE and Babcock and updates on the Pakistan suicide bomb that killed at least...
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Defence in the media: 28 March 2016
...raft of measures designed to improve service life. The Government works in close partnership with the Service charitable sector on these issues and we value contributions such as this. PUBLIC...
Defence in the Media: 27 March 2016
Of note in Defence news today is further coverage about a potential deployment of UK military personnel to Libya, and reporting that Syrian forces have entered parts of Palmyra. Libya The Sunday Telegraph reports on its front page that there has been …
Defence in the media: 26 March 2016
...Mirror Online). It is our long-standing policy that we don't comment on Special Forces operations. Bahrain The Independent carries a report claiming that British Royal Marine Commandos have trained Bahrain's...
Defence in the Media: 25 March 2016
A variety of Defence stories are covered in today’s media, including on-going coverage of the terrorist attacks in Brussels.
Defence in the Media: 24 March 2016
...for the technologies involved and why we need to be on our guard.” The Sun also writes that Mr Fallon said Britain’s enemies would see disarmament as a weakness and...
Defence in the Media: 23 March 2016
The papers today are dominated by the terror attacks in Brussels as Belgium begins three days of national mourning following the bomb attacks which killed more than 30 people. SECURITY...
Defence in the Media: 22 March 2016
The news agenda is this morning dominated by the attacks in Brussels. Elsewhere of note for Defence, there is continued coverage of the Iraq suicide attack and reports of rotten...
Grave of WWI padre rededicated almost 100 years after he was killed
...McBusted, and winner of Strictly Come Dancing 2011. At the time of his death on 21 March 1918, Revd Judd was a temporary Chaplain 4th Class attached to the 2/5...
Defence in the Media: 21 March 2016
Today's Defence news includes continued coverage of inaccurate allegations about incidents at Pirbright Barracks, and reporting that references the UK's support to Ethiopian security forces. Pirbright There is follow-up coverage, in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail, of the Sun on Sunday’s story which inaccurately reported that two recruits were ‘forced’ …