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 the anti-malaria drug Lariam, and that Prince Harry has reportedly …
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 Bay is to be deployed to the Aegean in order to tackle people smugglers.
Today's defence news covers a ground-breaking soldier, the war on Daesh, payments to veterans with mesothelioma and the ongoing inquest into the death of Private Cheryl James.
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.
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 spending and litigation stemming from the UK’s military campaigns overseas.
Following the media coverage yesterday of migrants landing in Cyprus, see the latest statement from the MOD here.
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 …
There has been extensive coverage today of the news that a number of boats containing migrants landed on the shore of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, and that a US F-18 aircraft has crashed near Lakenheath in Norfolk.
There has been extensive coverage this morning of a number of boats containing migrants landing on the shore of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.
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 …
