...reporting has focussed attention on what the UK Government’s position is with regards to launching airstrikes against ISIL in Syria. Speaking on the Today Programme this morning, Prime Minister David...
Today’s defence in the media blog includes news on commemorations of the Battle of Cambrai. Centenary of the Battle of Cambrai The Daily Mirror, Daily Star and The Times write...
Alcohol in the armed forces Today the BBC has reported claims by a psychiatrist that the government’s strategy for combating alcohol abuse in the military is ineffective. Drinking alcohol is...
Today’s defence related news includes coverage of HMS Queen Elizabeth’s arrival in Portsmouth and the increased risk of MS among the Armed Forces. HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH ENTERS PORTSMOUTH BBC Breakfast,...
Today HMS Bulwark rescued over 400 migrants in the Mediterranean. The Royal Navy flagship was alerted to four craft in potential distress approximately 40 miles off the coast of Libya....
Today's newspapers are dominated by the publication of Prince Charles's letters to government ministers in the mid-2000s, after what the media describes as a long secrecy battle. It is widely...
...taking place today, involving Italian, German and Irish naval units. Bulwark will function as a ‘rescue hub’ to accept and transfer around 800 people to a designated port of safety...
...his funeral today. There is also widespread coverage of the on-going conflict in Syria, including international reaction following the US air strike on a Syria Government air field, as well...
...on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the UK will today send an RAF C-17 aircraft to Tunisia, in order to collect and bring home British nationals who were injured in...
Today's defence news is dominated by forty-eight Royal Navy sailors taking their places in history at today's Changing of the Guard ceremony outside Buckingham Palace. ROYAL NAVY MAKE HISTORY IN...
