34 h. ago Swinney pays tribute to hero uncle who won posthumous Victoria Cross in war

The First Minister said it was important to remember the sacrifices of the past while war rages on in parts of the world today.

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35 h. ago Swinney pays tribute to hero uncle who won posthumous Victoria Cross in WW2

The First Minister said it was important to remember the sacrifices of the past while war rages on in parts of the world today.

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3 d. ago RAF fighter jets to patrol Polish airspace on Nato’s eastern flank

The MoD said British-built Typhoon jets had arrived in eastern Poland on Tuesday from RAF Lossiemouth.

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3 d. ago China sends armed forces to surround Taiwan: Beijing deploys army, navy and air forces to simulate blockade

As many as 19 warships surrounded the self-ruled island in a space of just 24 hours, including the Shandong aircraft carrier group, Taiwan's defence ministry said.

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4 d. ago Russia reportedly begins rare earth metals talks with US; Trump ‘very angry’ with Putin – Russia

Pro-Kremlin newspaper reports Washington and Moscow talks have started; US president speaks out against Russian presidentRussia has accused Ukraine’s army of attacking energy sites in the Bryansk border region in a drone and artillery strike on Sunday evening.“The continuation of deliberate attacks by the Ukrainian army on Russia’s energy facilities is evidence of the Kyiv regime’s complete lack of commitment to its obligations regarding settling the conflict in Ukraine,” the Russian defence ministry said. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago RAF trooper sues for £100k claiming ‘incredibly noisy’ guns and aircraft left him deaf

Alastair Bidwell says military bosses should have been aware of the need to limit noise exposure

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4 d. ago RAF trooper deafened by the job sues the MoD for £100,000 after his hearing problems saw friends and family accuse him of snubbing them

Alastair Bidwell, 55, served for 12 years in the RAF Regiment. which defends air bases.The Gulf war veteran from Wales says his hearing is so bad, family members think he is ignoring them,

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7 d. ago Binbag stuffed with sensitive military documents including soldiers' phone numbers and weapons records found on Newcastle street by football fan

The Ministry of Defence has launched an 'urgent' investigation after a cache of documents containing sensitive military information were found scattered on a street in Newcastle.

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7 d. ago Army papers with sensitive information found strewn across Newcastle street

The Ministry of Defence is investigating after a passerby found piles of papers containing information that included soldier ranks, emails, shift patterns and weapon-issue details

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7 d. ago Ministry of Defence probe after cache of documents labelled 'official

The paperwork includes details about soldiers’ ranks, shift patterns, email addresses, weapon issue records and access information for military facilities

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7 d. ago Sensitive military documents found dumped on residential street

The papers, marked ‘sensitive’, were found spilling out of a bin bag.

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7 d. ago Confidential military documents found dumped on residential street

The papers, marked ‘sensitive’, were found spilling out of a bin bag.

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8 d. ago We start group chat with UK 'defence chiefs' including John Terry to see what we find

The Daily Star goes in search of vital people and institutions involved in the defence of England, going in search of the details for MI5, MI6, and the Ministry of Defence - and John Terry

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9 d. ago Rachel Reeves allocates £2.2bn to turn UK into a 'defence superpower'

The Chancellor promised to spend 'a minimum of 10 per cent' of the Ministry of Defence's equipment budget on 'novel technologies' such as artificial intelligence and drones.

Economics

9 d. ago MoD spending puts UK in 'grave danger' from threats by 'doing it on a shoestring'

Former SAS-trained bodyguard Graham Yuill has moaned about the 'shoestring' amount of money the Ministry of Defence has pledged to increase their spending on defence by

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1 week ago Russia and Ukraine agree to Black Sea ceasefire, US says – Europe live

White House says both sides agree to ‘ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes’A former head of Dutch cybersecurity has expressed his surprise at Donald Trump’s top team’s use of Signal for classified communications that revealed “visceral anti-European messaging”.Bart Groothuis, an MEP for the Dutch liberal VVD party, who used to run the cybersecurity bureau at the Dutch ministry of defence, said he was “a bit surprised” at the US government’s use of a commercial app for highly classified conversations. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Uproar over bridge which has been closed to traffic for seven years

The Ministry of Defence, which owns the bridge, has said it is trying to find a solution

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Strike into Belgorod ‘destroys four Russian helicopters’

Russian missile attack injures 88 in Sumy, officials report; Saudi Arabia ceasefire talks to continue with nothing yet agreed. What we know on day 1,126Ukraine’s special forces said on Monday they destroyed four military helicopters in Russia’s Belgorod region with Himars rocket systems. The special operations command published drone footage and announced: “Special operations forces in cooperation with the GUR of the ministry of defence, missile forces and artillery destroyed two enemy Ka-52 and two Mi-8 helicopters in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.” The strikes occurred at a concealed “jumping-off point” for Russian aircraft used in surprise attacks on Ukrainian forces, the group said. Ukrainian forces have since 18 March been striking across the border into areas of Belgorod oblast including the village of Demidovka, according to Russian and Ukrainian war watchers. Some claimed Ukrainian troops had managed to seize a small amount of territory in Belgorod. Their rep...

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2 w. ago Up to 250,000 Russian soldiers killed in Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, say UK defence chiefs

The Ministry of Defence stressed this death toll would be Russia’s ‘largest losses since the Second World War’

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2 w. ago MoD taskforce to target violence against women and girls in the military

The taskforce will include a regional support network trained on topics including domestic violence and sexual offending.

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