19 h. ago King Charles puts on an animated display as he fires gun during visit to Royal Regiment of Artillery

The King put on a very animated display as he fired an artillery piece during his visit to British Army barracks in Larkhill, Wiltshire this afternoon.

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44 h. ago Actor who starred in The Crown is a 'stolen valour' conman who posed as Army officer with fake medals

James Edward Yeates, 42, claimed to be a reservist Captain in a crack unit within the British Army's intelligence corps, sharing pictures online in full uniform and sporting a chest full of medals.

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47 h. ago 'Walter Mitty' actor who starred in The Crown is convicted conman who posed as Army officer with fake medals to get into military dinners

James Edward Yeates, 42, claimed to be a reservist Captain in a crack unit within the British Army's intelligence corps, sharing pictures online in full uniform and sporting a chest full of medals.

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48 h. ago A 'nightmare double war' against Russia and China faces the West within two years as Putin challenges NATO and Beijing eyes Taiwan invasion, military chiefs fear

General Sir Patrick Sanders, the former head of the British army, revealed the Ministry of Defence has drawn up plans to respond to wars on two fronts.

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68 h. ago William in accommodation pledge as he dishes out bacon rolls to soldiers

The Army Air Corps is the combat aviation arm of the British Army

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3 d. ago Soldier found dead in barracks was ‘degraded’ by senior officers – inquest

A friend of Lance Corporal Bernard Mongan said ‘bullying would be an understatement’ as he described how he was was ‘shouted, screamed and swore at’

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4 d. ago Strategic Defence Review: The key points of plan to create '10 times more lethal' British Army

Key points at a glance as Prime Minister and Defence Secretary unveil plan to keep Britain safe against rise in foreign threats

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4 d. ago AI, drones and missile defence investment part of UK new defence plans

The SDR marks the ‘most profound change for about 150 years in how you think about armies, navies and air force,’ one of the authors suggested.

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5 d. ago Minister's confusion on funding betrays the disarray at the heart of the MoD, by former British Army colonel PHILIP INGRAM

Keir Starmer is unveiling his Strategic Defence Review with great fanfare. It has been billed as a 'root and branch review' of our military policy, pointing the way to 'a new era for defence'.

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6 d. ago Tiny abandoned UK village where no one can enter without special permission

Stanford, a deserted village and civil parish in Norfolk, was taken over by the British Army during the Second World War and can only be accessed with permission

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7 d. ago Man reunited with father’s wartime documents found hidden in desk drawer

The papers belonging to the late Ian Rodger, from Glasgow, were found in a desk bought at auction by Martin Reid.

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7 d. ago School kids to be taught about army and wars in class to boost forces recruitment

In a new plan lessons will share career opportunities within the likes of the British Army, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and Royal Marines

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9 d. ago British army veteran, 73, who spent three months fighting for his life after heart attack in Ethiopian desert is landed with £20,000 NHS bill

Steve Foreman, 73, was living and working on an oil rig in Ogaden, Ethiopia when he collapsed and had to be airlifted to the nearest hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.

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1 week ago Families of those killed in 1994 Chinook helicopter crash call for sealed documents to be released

Bereaved families renew call for inquiry and demand access to documents that have been sealed away until 2094Families bereaved after a Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, which remains one of the RAF’s worst peacetime losses of life, have demanded the release of documents sealed for 100 years.RAF Chinook ZD576 was carrying 25 British intelligence personnel from RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to a conference at Fort George, near Inverness, Scotland, when it crashed in foggy weather on 2 June 1994. All the passengers – made up of personnel from MI5, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the British army – were killed, along with the helicopter’s four crew members. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Families of 1994 Chinook crash victims call for sealed documents to be released

Bereaved families renew call for inquiry and demand access to documents that have been sealed away until 2094Families bereaved after a Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, which remains one of the RAF’s worst peacetime losses of life, have demanded the release of documents sealed for 100 years.RAF Chinook ZD576 was carrying 25 British intelligence personnel from RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to a conference at Fort George, near Inverness, Scotland, when it crashed in foggy weather on 2 June 1994. All the passengers – made up of personnel from MI5, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the British army – were killed, along with the helicopter’s four crew members. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Families of Chinook crash victims demand full release of sealed documents

A BBC documentary last year revealed documents relating to the 1994 crash have been locked away until 2094 by the Ministry of Defence.

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2 w. ago British Army para secretly filmed himself losing his virginity with female recruit and showed it to his 'lad' friends, court martial hears

Gunner Josh Handley allegedly filmed himself having the one night stand with the 17-yeart-old trainee during a boozy night out, Bullford Military Court in Wiltshire heard.

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2 w. ago 'Dad's Army' to be revived with thousands of volunteers to protect UK from Russia

The UK Government is said to be considering a Home Guard model, similar to the one seen in Dad's Army, to protect crucial British infrastructure from attacks by hostile nations and terrorists

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3 w. ago 'Old school' British Army corporal pulled bed out of the floor and screamed 'sort out your admin' before having a KNIFE FIGHT with a junior soldier

Corporal Geraint Evans-Dymond (pictured), 35, flipped over a bunk bed which had been bolted to the floor, before telling Fusilier Hezron Harper to 'sort out your admin'.

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3 w. ago Labour faces 'mutiny' over 'betrayal' of British soldiers over bid to axe law that protects Northern Ireland veterans from legal action

EXCLUSIVE: Soldiers from three regiments in the British Army appeared to break ranks to voice their anger over the law change which would strip legal protection away from Troubles' veterans.

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