Defence in the Media: 25 October 2015

...is further comment by Air Vice Marshal David Murray who backs the campaign and suggests the outstanding support given to grieving service families following a death can insulate them from...
Daily updates of how defence is reported in the UK media
...is further comment by Air Vice Marshal David Murray who backs the campaign and suggests the outstanding support given to grieving service families following a death can insulate them from...
The cyber attack on TalkTalk and Hurricane Patricia dominate this morning’s broadcast headlines while in defence news, today’s newspapers continue to cover the migrant situation at RAF Akrotiri, along with...
...Fallon. A Government spokesperson said: Work continues to process the migrants who arrived at RAF Akrotiri yesterday, led by the officials from Republic of Cyprus (RoC) who have agreed to...
The BBC this morning are marking the launch of this year’s Poppy Appeal and featured an interview with Sapper Lydon Chatting-Walters who talked about the work undertaken using money raised by poppy sales. There is also extensive coverage across the …
...support service families whose credit ratings are damaged by the demands of the job. The article highlights that the scheme will offer cheap loans and good savings accounts and goes...
...quotes Lt Gen Everard saying LGBT people make the Army more effective, and how he has called for more homosexual and transgender people to sign up. The article states that...
Of note for Defence in today's news is coverage of a report that looks at UK troop numbers, and stories that carry Defence Secretary Michael Fallon's comments that Russia is killing "hundreds" of Syrians civilians in bombing raids. Troop numbers …
...giving details on civilian and personnel numbers and current operations, it also includes a list of the MOD’s equipment holdings, the vast majority of which are in service and deployable....
Of note for Defence in today’s news is the story about a former Afghan translator winning the right to asylum in the UK, and a story about work beginning on...
There is widespread reporting in today’s defence-related news that the US will keep their Armed Forces in Afghanistan beyond President Obama’s departure from office.