5 h. ago The first female commando? Royal Marines colonel urges elite women athletes to attempt selection... but so far none has completed fearsome training course

Colonel Innes Catton, the commandant of the Commando Training Centre, wants women to attempt one of the toughest selection courses in the world (pictured, file photo).

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37 h. ago Double amputee Afghan war veteran, dubbed 'real hero' by Prince Harry, is subjected to vile racist abuse outside Tesco

Former Royal Marine Commando Ben McBean faced a barrage of vile insults after visiting the supermarket for chocolate and beer.

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39 h. ago Punish Prince Andrew? This is no meritocracy, I’m afraid – you get the royal family you didn’t vote for | Marina Hyde

After years of drip-fed revelations, we might as well face it. This is a family elevated by birthright: they’re stuck with him and so are weReading the extract from Virginia Giuffre’s tragic memoir in the Guardian this week, I was struck again by the fate of each of those people involved in that infamous photograph taken at Ghislaine Maxwell’s London house.The teenage girl at the centre of the picture is dead, having taken her own life at a remote Australian farmhouse earlier this year, unable to outrun her trauma. The person who took the photograph is dead, having somehow killed himself in a New York jail while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking. The grinning woman in the background is in prison herself, exalting Donald Trump’s impeccable purity in the hope of getting moved to a nicer jail or even pardoned. And the smiling lunk with his arm round the teenage girl – who he denies he had sex with later that evening – is living in a 30-room mansion on a 98-acre estate (which...

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6 d. ago Royal Marine heaped with praise after sniper stops £35 million drug haul with single shot off Gulf of Oman

The drug-smuggling gang’s speedboat was packed with 1.5 tonnes of heroin, crystal meth and hashish

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7 d. ago Royal Marine sniper stops drug smugglers with a single shot while flying backwards in helicopter

The bullet took out the engine of a boat, loaded with more than 1.5 tonnes of heroin, crystal methamphetamine and hashish while it was speeding across the Gulf of Oman.

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2 w. ago Beauty queens hurt as Miss England finalists endure Royal Marines

The demanding workout included shuttle-runs, press-ups and squats as the girls completed to grab a top 12 place in the grand final of the beauty pageant

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3 w. ago Royal Marines sleep expert names the 1 best cure for serious sleep problems

Leading sleep scientist Dr Sophie Bostock says one treatment is shown to be far and away the best treatment for serious sleep problems

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3 w. ago Sea Cadets making waves in Ayrshire town after historic return

Ayr Sea Cadets & Royal Marines Cadets are back in their home town after taking full ownership of their new base at Foresters Hall.

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4 w. ago Tottenham's 'most complete' performance leaves Thomas Frank with selection headache

The Spurs boss is happy with ‘three extremely good full-backs’ at his disposal

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