Defence in the media: 16 July 2015
...reserves. Service inquiry The Independent and The Star report on the conclusion of the Service Inquiry into a Lynx helicopter crash in Afghanistan in April 2014. The articles note that...
Defence in the media
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...Sport remains a crucial means of helping Service personnel regain confidence following injury and Britain’s world class Battle Back sport programme is just one of our commitments to supporting our...
Defence in the media: 15 July 2015
...deaths of three SAS “hopefuls” who succumbed to heat exhaustion during a march on the Brecon Beacons has outlined a catalogue of “very serious mistakes”. The papers say that the...
Defence in the Media: 14 July 2015
The Daily Mail’s front page this morning features an interview with a father of one of the reservists who died on a march on the Brecon Beacons ahead of the expected verdict from the inquest today.
Defence in the Media: 13 July 2015
...be a new code of leadership in September and that the complaints procedure would be “sound” so that people felt that they could complain. General Sir Nick Carter, Chief of...
Defence in the Media: 12 July 2015
...who contributed, not just those who fell, and all that was achieved. Mr Cameron also adds that the Government’s support remains for our Armed Forces - from enshrining the Covenant...
Defence in the Media: 11 July 2015
...returning from the country have accused the Government of acting “irrationally”. Somalia At least six civilians and four militants have been killed in an attack on two hotels in the...
Defence in the Media: 10 July 2015
This morning’s broadcast and newspaper headlines include news of changes to the FCO’s travel advice for Tunisia, and further analysis of the Chancellor’s budget proposals.
Defence in the Media: 9 July 2015
...Middle East. Srebrenica genocide The Guardian and The Telegraph report that Russia has vetoed a British-drafted United Nations resolution condemning the 1995 Srebrenica massacre as a "crime of genocide". The...
Defence in the media: 8 July 2015
...extend the air strike campaign against ISIL into Syria. In The Daily Telegraph, Con Coughlin writes that ten years after 7/7, al-Qaeda has been routed but the West now has...