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Armed forces are incapable of dealing with bullying
New powers for the MOD ombudsman are just a “sop” and will make “no real difference at all” says a former army officer.
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The International Criminal Court is reopening an investigation into allegations of war crimes against the British Army in Iraq.
New powers for the MOD ombudsman are just a “sop” and will make “no real difference at all” says a former army officer.
Armed men, thought to be Russians, seize a Ukrainian military base in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s premier rejects Crimea’s planned referendum.
Four British soldiers on a rugby trip to the US have admitted being involved in a bar brawl. The soldiers have been tasked with community service in the US and fined.
The fact that parading members of the British armed forces got drawn into a sectarian demonstration at Ibrox Park on Saturday reflects worst on the top brass who exposed them to such a situation.
Kenyan security forces say that three militants are dead after officers storm Nairobi’s besieged Westgate mall in an attempt to rescue hostages. Six Britons are among the dead.
Before the murder of Lee Rigby the English Defence League was dying. Now its leaders claim serving soldiers are joining the anti-Islamist group.
Almost 4,500 soldiers are told they will lose their jobs in the latest round of army redundancies, the Ministry of Defence confirms.
Over 20 soldiers placed on the sex offenders register have continued to serve in what the Army says are “exceptional circumstances.” But assault victims say military justice lacks independence.
A British backpacker survives the Australian Outback for more than three days by drinking contact lens solution and his own urine.
A British soldier from the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland, has died after an “insider attack” at his base in Afghanistan.
Zoe Smith, the teenage weightlifter, breaks a British record in an impressive Olympic debut.
A man dressed as an Afghan policeman shoots dead three British soldiers serving in Helmand.
As Channel 4 News reveals the number of children whose parents have died fighting for the UK in Afghanistan and Iraq, Carl Dinnen meets grieving families trying to help others in the same situation.
Six British soldiers are missing, believed killed, after an armoured vehicle was caught in an explosion in Afghanistan.