16 h. ago Shock for British seller as Far East bird paintings hung in his family home for four decades are found to be worth almost £1MILLION

The paintings were commissioned by a Chinese emperor and had remained in the Far East for almost 200 years until they were acquired by a British army major.

Economics

5 d. ago UK military tests new weapon that takes down drones at base in Wales

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has hailed the trial as the largest counter-drone swarm exercise the British Army has ever conducted, with a weapon developed domestically

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6 d. ago Invisible radio wave weapon downs ‘drone swarms’ in trial success

It is a type of Radiofrequency Directed Energy Weapon.

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8 d. ago Birmingham bin strike crisis continues as refuse workers reject ‘totally inadequate’ pay deal

The British Army have been brought in to help tackle the rubbish piling up on the streets

Economics

9 d. ago Commission launches fresh appeal to help find Disappeared victim Seamus Maguire

The 29-year-old was murdered and secretly buried near Lurgan in 1976.

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9 d. ago British Army called in to help with Birmingham bin strike over 'public health risk'

The all-out strike in Birmingham, which began on March 11 as part of a dispute over pay, has seen thousands of tonnes of rubbish go uncollected and warnings of a public health emergency.

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1 week ago Giant robot Weevil trialled by British Army to clear mines on the front lines

It is hoped the device, dubbed 'Weevil', will replace current mine-clearing methods that require a crew of three soldiers to risk their lives to carve a safe path through a minefield.

Politics

2 w. ago Allies at War by Tim Bouverie review – a revelatory study of second world war alliances

In focusing on the multilateral bonds that were forged to defeat Hitler, this entertaining account offers fresh disclosures about the course of the conflictCan anything new be said about the second world war? Unexpectedly the answer is yes. Here are just a few of the surprising facts that I learned from this revelatory book. The Belgian army in 1940 was twice the size of the British Expeditionary Force. (The US army in 1940 was smaller still, smaller than those of Portugal or Sweden.) Almost all the French troops evacuated at Dunkirk chose to be repatriated rather than join the Free French. In 1942 pro-Russian feeling in Britain was so strong that War and Peace became a bestseller. Even in January 1945 the Japanese still had 1 million troops in Manchuria. The Indian prophet of non-violence, Mahatma Gandhi, considered Hitler “not as bad as he is depicted”. And so on.Tim Bouverie has reverted to a traditional form to present the past afresh. His focus is not on the battlefield, nor on...

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2 w. ago What They Found review – Sam Mendes’s debut documentary has the power to change viewers for ever

This tale of two British army sergeants who filmed the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp uses their profoundly disturbing footage. It’s TV that could alter your whole world viewWhat They Found, the first documentary by the film and theatre director Sam Mendes, is a short, stark shock. The film straightforwardly combines two precious artefacts held at the Imperial War Museum in London: 35mm film, shot by Sgt Mike Lewis and Sgt Bill Lawrie of the British Army Film and Photographic Unit, before and during the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near the town of Celle in northern Germany in April 1945; and audio interviews given by the cameramen in the 1980s. Lewis and Lawrie did not record sound when they visited Belsen; the words they spoke years later are the only sounds we hear.Lewis and Lawrie do not arrive at Belsen until almost halfway through the film’s 36-minute running time. First, laid over generic archive footage, we hear how they came to be a...

Politics

2 w. ago Jobless youngsters should 'join British Army' as it's not just about 'getting yelled at'

Britain's unemployed youngsters have been urged to join the Army, with the veterans minister saying it could help them 'get out' of a tough situation they find themselves in

Politics

3 w. ago Coldstream Guard told female soldier 'shh, go back to sleep' as he raped her while they were on deployment with the British Army, court martial hears

Lance Corporal Jordan Morris and the woman were on deployment with the British Army to Kenya when the alleged incident took place.

Events

3 w. ago Fact check: The Prime Minister and the Army both celebrated Mother’s Day

Both posted to social media before criticism that they had not posted about Mother’s Day.

Politics

3 w. ago My landlord is banning me from flying the Union Flag in my garden because it is TOO PATRIOTIC

EXCLUSIVE: An autistic young patriot has been ordered to remove two flagpoles bearing a Union Jack and a British Army flag from outside his flat by the council.

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3 w. ago Putin vows to 'finish off' Ukraine and mocks British Army in furious rant

President Vladimir Putin made outrageous claims about the future of Ukraine and even laid into the size of the British military in fresh act of bravado - despite ongoing so-called peace talks

Politics

3 w. ago Epic war film branded 'greatest ever made' with tragic Hollywood legend

Lawrence of Arabia is a classic adventure movie that was first released in 1962 and is based on the life of T.E. Lawrence, a British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer

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4 w. ago Pair of soldiers who plotted to sell cannabis are spared jail

The unnamed pair were sentenced at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

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4 w. ago Bomb disposal veterans face higher bladder cancer risk, study suggests

The findings in a small study is ‘significant enough to warrant urgent further investigation’, researchers said.

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