Defence in the Media: Thursday 18 April 2019
Today’s Defence-related news includes a call for universities to do more to support ex-service personnel and the children of servicemen and women who have lost their lives during duty.
Today’s Defence-related news includes a call for universities to do more to support ex-service personnel and the children of servicemen and women who have lost their lives during duty.
Defence news today features coverage of the launch of the Veterans’ Gateway, the conflict in Syria and the start of events to mark Armed Forces Day on Saturday. Veterans’ Gateway The Times, BBC Breakfast, Sky News and ITV’s Good Morning …
Today's Defence news includes coverage of The Public Accounts Committee’s findings that Carillion Amey are providing Armed Forces personnel and their families with poor homes, a report on a bid to keep women from serving in ground close combat roles, …
Defence-related coverage in UK national newspapers today includes reports that a manufacturer is set to win a MOD contract to develop the Spear 3 missile, securing 700 jobs.
This morning’s headlines are dominated by Barack Obama’s visit to the UK,
Broadcast headlines this morning lead with the news from yesterday that more than 70 people have been killed in a suicide attack in Pakistan. There is also continued reporting that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has welcomed the recapture of Palmyra …
Today’s broadcast headlines are dominated by news that a series of bomb blasts have hit the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, followed by continuing gunfire and reports of further explosions. For Defence there are reports on Trident, counter Daesh air strikes …
Today’s headlines are dominated by the news that the Government has suspended flights between the UK and Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh resort
Further reports of the terrorist attack in Tunisia continues to dominate both the broadcast and print headlines, as 15 Britons have been confirmed as killed by an ISIL extremist.
The MOD has announced that Right Management Ltd has been awarded the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) contract, worth up to £100 million.