Today’s Defence related news includes coverage of the closure of Appledore shipyard. Shipyard Babcock International’s announcement that it is to close its Appledore yard in Devon next year is covered...
Today’s defence news includes continuing coverage of Army fitness testing.
...Telegraph reports that the Defence Secretary has sent a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin by becoming the first Western minister outside of Ukraine to visit Marinka in the east...
Defence news today includes reporting on private healthcare for service personnel. Private healthcare The Mail on Sunday today reports that the MOD has spent money on medical procedures for service personnel at private healthcare clinics. The People also reports on this issue, with …
Defence news today includes an update on RAF strikes against Daesh, and reporting on former military personnel who served in Northern Ireland. RAF air strikes The Daily Mirror today updates on air strikes carried about by the RAF against Daesh in Iraq …
...(p28) this morning also speculate on the future of RAF Scampton and RAF Linton-on-Ouse. Minister for Defence People and Veterans, Tobias Ellwood said: Our military bases are where our service...
Today's defence news includes the first day of the RUSI Land Warfare Conference, the contract to run the Defence Fire and Rescue service and the decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions in Northern Ireland to charge a former soldier …
Defence news today includes coverage of training provided by British troops to Nigerian forces battling Boko Haram and Daesh. Nigeria training The Daily Mirror today looks at British training provided to Nigerian forces. The paper reports in a feature piece that Nigerian …
...in Nigeria The Daily Mirror (30,35) and The Sun (13) both report that British troops are training local forces in Nigeria in countering IEDs and countering Boko Haram ambushes. The...
Defence news today includes a look back on the Armed Forces' role in the Royal Wedding by Major General Benjamin Bathurst, who commands the Household Division, and was responsible for co-ordinating and overseeing the military ceremony at the wedding.
