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Wreck of King James’ royal warship found more than 300 years after it sank
HMS Gloucester ran aground more than 300 years ago following a dispute between future king James Stuart and the ship’s…
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Britain’s armed forces too weak to protect country in war warns ex top commander
Lord West of Spithead insisted that the armed forces are underfunded and “too small” as Parliament discussed the war in…
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Is Putin Losing The War? UK Officials Say Russian Troops Are Running Low On Supplies – And Morale
Russian troops are struggling with supply lines and ebbing morale, according to the latest assessment of the Ukrainian war from…
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Navy ‘furious’ as £250,000 of fuel allegedly stolen from warship by thieves
The diesel was meant for HMS Bulwark, but was reportedly stolen from HMNB Devonport in Plymouth Fuel worth £250,000 intended…
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Leonardo sustains 340 South West jobs with £360m helicopter deal
Helicopter manufacturer Leonardo has secured a £360m Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract which it says will sustain 340 jobs across…
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Just two LGBT veterans who were kicked out of military get their medals back
Exclusive: Ministers pledged in February to give justice to people thrown out of the Armed Forces due to their sexuality…
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Meet Melissa Thorpe, the woman leading the South West space race
The P3 hangar just off the runway at Cornwall Newquay Airport has been home all summer long to Spaceport Cornwall’s…
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Babcock’s Plymouth base on standby for Aukus Australian nuke sub project
Defence giant Babcock International Group Plc is on standby to help Australia build its new fleet of nuclear submarines. The…
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Missile attack fears see planes drop flares and carry out ‘combat landings’
Fears that a military plane evacuating Afghans at Kabul airport could be targeted by terrorists have prompted pilots to fire…
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Gurkhas end hunger strike but vow to return if their pension feud is not solved
Exclusive: EXCLUSIVE The wife of one Gurkha said the poor army pension pay he’d received had left them poverty-stricken and…
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Gurkhas ‘capture terrified IS fighters after threatening to use famous knives’
Gurkha soldiers in an SAS unit reportedly took Islamic State gunmen captive after threatening to behead them with their famous…
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‘I was raped in Afghanistan by senior officer – I have PTSD but he was promoted’
Male troops prosecuted for allegedly raping female colleagues have a 90% chance of walking free. Just 13 of 128 who…
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