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Phase 2 of Plymouth’s freeport marine hub Oceansgate fully let
The £7.6m second phase of Plymouth City Council’s Oceansgate innovation hub for marine industries is now fully let after engineering…
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Inside the workshop turning wheelie bins and old bottle tops into garden benches
Devon’s newest furniture range started life in the unlikeliest of places. The picnic benches and tables launched this summer and…
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Ex-soldier suing MoD for record £3.7m over trench foot accused of faking
Brian Muyepa says he suffered after wearing wet boots for over five hours after a training exercise in 2016. But…
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Soldier, 22, ‘thrown in air’ during fatal elephant charge, inquest hears
A comrade of a Coldstream Guardsman killed in an elephant charge in Malawi has told an inquest how the soldier…
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Army mental health crisis as 10,000 leave and many end up homeless or in jail
Exclusive: Figures shows scale of Armed Forces mental health problems as 500 soldiers are forced to quit in one year.…
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Union says Red Arrows contracts could save Anglesey airbase jobs
A union says jobs could be saved at RAF Valley with the Anglesey airbase the front-runner to retain existing Red…
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Woman who stabbed ‘abusive’ husband said ‘prison is better than my life now’
Prosecutors said Penelope Jackson spoke calmly during the call, which was made straight after the outbreak of violence in the…
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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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Priti Patel faces court as asylum seekers left in ‘unfit’ Covid hell barracks
Exclusive: The Home Office has been using Napier Barracks in Folkestone to house asylum seekers where 285 migrants sleep 14…
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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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Babcock sells stake in aviation firm for £126m in bid to drive down debt
Defence and engineering giant Babcock International Group Plc has sold its stake in aviation services company AirTanker Holdings Ltd for…
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Airbus selects Broughton to build helicopters for the Ministry of Defence under proposal to UK Government
Airbus has put a proposal to UK Government to build helicopters for the Ministry of Defence – with the work…
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10 bombshell Dominic Raab moments as Tory was ‘warned of Kabul collapse in July’
Embattled Dominic Raab has clashed with MPs over his luxury holiday as the Taliban overran Afghanistan – and intelligence “failures”…
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Pen Farthing praises troops who helped bring animals to UK – but not all made it
Pen Farthing says five cats lost their lives on the first leg of the journey due to the effects of…
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Pen Farthing lands safely in UK with rescue animals after fleeing Afghanistan
Nowzad rescue shelter founder Pen Farthing has safely landed safely in the UK with his rescue animals, becoming one of…
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Pen Farthing ‘left expletive-laden message for aide’ as he waited for evacuation
Former Royal Marine Pen Farthing reportedly left an expletive-laden voicemail for a special adviser to Defence Secretary Ben Wallace as…
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Exhausted British troops seen on last flight out of Kabul after 20-year campaign
British troops were seen inside a hangar as they departed Kabul on the last flight out of the city on…
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Pen Farthing and rescue animals ‘inside Kabul airport awaiting evacuation’
Defence bosses said on Friday night that the former Royal Marine ‘and his pets’ had been processed at Kabul airport…
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Brave Afghan children handed cuddly toys as they land safely in UK from Kabul
Despite being bewildered by their sudden journey and their new surroundings, the youngsters seemed elated after landing at RAF Brize…
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Taliban show off captured Black Hawk – but can’t get helicopter off the ground
Since seizing power, the Taliban have begun parading in their captured equipment, after reportedly seizing up to £13bn worth of…
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Taliban beat man and leave him bloodied as he tries to board evacuation flight
Other desperate families have been forced to “wade through sewage” to escape the chaos at Afghanistan’s Kabul airport with children…
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Afghan SAS interpreter’s desperate plea to rescue sick mum
An Afghan translator has made a desperate plea to the UK as he takes legal action to rescue his sick…
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Engineers and designers wanted by MoD for 50 jobs in Bristol
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) base in Bristol is on a recruitment drive for engineers, programme and project managers, finance…
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Uber driver waving Brit passport in bid to escape Taliban rescued on RAF flight
Helmand Khan, from west London, had arrived in Afghanistan with his young children a few months ago to visit relatives.…
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PM to push Biden to extend Kabul evacuation ‘with 48hours left of mercy flights’
The Prime Minister is expected to use a crunch meeting with world leaders to push for the US President to…
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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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Afghans trying to escape Taliban tyranny for UK ‘on their own’ after August 31
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has called on the US to remain in Kabul beyond their deadline of the end of…
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Raab’s ex-Russian banker donor runs charity with boss of ‘Kremlin front group’
Exclusive: The Foreign Secretary is fighting to keep his job for being on holiday while Kabul fell – now we…
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Analox Group to create jobs after winning record £13.9m MoD deal
An innovative Stokesley firm is poised to create new jobs after winning its biggest ever deal, a £13.9m contract with…
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‘I was lucky to survive IED in Afghanistan – my colleagues didn’t die in vain’
Despite billions of pounds of investment, the Western-trained Afghan army was hopelessly ill-prepared to prevent the Taliban regaining control of…
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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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Afghanistan flight arrives in Birmingham with hundreds of refugees on it
This is the moment a huge flight packed with Afghanistan refugees landed at Birmingham Airport. The flight arrived in Birmingham…
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First Afghanistan refugees land in UK as Britain takes 20,000
The first Afghanistan arrivals have landed in the UK after the Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s pledge to take refugees. The…
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Three forces deaths in 12 days sparks probe and leaves military chiefs ‘stunned’
Daniel Harrison, Lieutenant Thomas Appleby and bombardier Nadine Askew died within days of each other with the tragedies all believed…
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Russia and China accused of posing daily space threat as UK Space Command opens
Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston said the countries were engaging in “questionable” activity such as flying satellites within “close…
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SAS squad primed to swoop and save British Embassy staff if Taliban seize Kabul
An SAS helicopter team will swoop in to rescue British Embassy staff if the Taliban take Kabul. A daring Afghan…
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Plymouth’s Babcock wins £34m Dreadnought nuclear submarine contract
Engineering giant Babcock has secured a £34m Government contract to work on the UK’s new Dreadnought nuclear submarines – safeguarding…
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21 South West tech firms to watch in 2021
This past year has shown more than ever how vital our digital connections are to the way we live and…
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North West boat maker wins £36m contract to build new fleet for MoD
A Liverpool firm making workboats for the military has received a £36m contract to build and deliver patrol craft for…
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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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