Defence in the Media: 31 August 2016
Today’s Defence news includes coverage of HMS Enterprise rescuing 700 migrants in the Mediterranean yesterday, former Chief of the General Staff Lord Richard Dannat apologising for allowing troops to take...
Defence in the Media: 7 March 2016
Of note for Defence this morning, broadcast headlines and the front pages of the Times, Guardian, Independent and Metro are dominated by news that the Royal Navy ship RFA Mounts...
Defence in the media: 11 February 2016
...Michael Fallon will meet other Coalition defence secretaries today to urge “accelerating” the operation in Iraq and Syria. Speaking ahead of today’s meeting, the Defence Secretary said: We plan to...
Defence in the Media: 9 November 2015
There is coverage in the papers this morning of the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Nicholas Houghton’s appearance on the BBC Andrew Marr Show yesterday, during which he spoke about the need for a nuclear deterrent.
Defence in the Media: 24 October 2015
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...
Latest statement on migrants landing in Cyprus
Following the media coverage yesterday of migrants landing in Cyprus, see the latest statement from the MOD here. A Ministry Of Defence spokesperson said: We can confirm that the 114...
Defence in the Media: 22 October 2015
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 …
Defence in the media: 21 October 2015
...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...
Migrants land at RAF Akrotiri
...Syria and neighbouring countries; to disrupt the trafficking gangs and to address the root causes of instability that cause people to seek a new life elsewhere. MOD Crown Copyright 2015...
Defence in the Media: 4 September 2015
This morning’s broadcast headlines are dominated by the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe. Army Leadership Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Nicholas Carter, told this morning’s Today programme that a new Army code of conduct will crack down on …