Search results for ‘Royal Navy’
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Lib Dems forced to embrace Trident deterrent
A review of Britain’s nuclear deterrent, led by the Liberal Democrats, rejects alternatives to the submarine-based Trident system as too costly.
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Attention! Troops fast-tracked to teachers in two years
Former soldiers with no degree can enrol to train in schools from next year – and become qualified in half the normal time – under a government drive to bring a military ethos to the classroom.
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Inside the new Mary Rose museum
The Mary Rose, Britain’s revered Tudor warship, is the centrepiece of a new museum that gives a startling insight into life during the period.
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FactCheck: should we scrap Trident?
David Cameron says we need the Trident deterrent to protect against new threats like South Korea and safeguard jobs. FactCheck goes nuclear.
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MoD army cuts: new round will hit 5,300
Up to 5,300 soldiers are being made redundant from the army in the summer as part of the latest round of cuts to the armed forces, the government announces today.
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FactCheck: is President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner right?
It’s the tricky Falklands issue. Now the President of Argentina has written to David Cameron about it. Is her letter right, FactCheck asks?
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Falkland Islands should be returned, Argentina tells UK
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner calls on Britain to relinquish control of the Falklands Islands in an open letter copied to the UN secretary general. Falkland Island leaders have rejected her demand.
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Army discipline often equivalent to ‘kangaroo courts’
Exclusive: A damning report written by a serving officer has found that the army is “rarely transparent or accountable, and frequently unlawful” in the way it handles complaints and discipline.
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Funding pledge for nuclear submarines
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond will announce an additional £350m of funding for the next stage of designing the future generation of British nuclear submarines during a visit to Faslane Naval Base.
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Battle of El Alamein: 70 years on
Tributes are paid to those who fought in the battle that marked the turning point of world war two and which gave the British the upper hand for the first time.
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Final medals push as Paralympic Games close
The Paralympic Games closing ceremony will bring the curtain down on an extraordinary sporting summer tonight – but not before British athletes make their final medal push.
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G4S donates £2.5m to army in ‘goodwill gesture’
The donation follows G4S’s failure to train and deploy enough Olympic security staff, forcing more than 4,700 members of the armed forces to be put on standby for the Games.
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Olympic torch abseiled into London
The Olympic torch is to be abseiled down to the Tower of London by a Royal Marine commando to start its journey around the capital.
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£1bn nuclear submarine contract set to be announced
A £1bn deal to build the UK’s next generation of nuclear submarines is set to be unveiled.
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Will Scotland be ‘independent’ if it goes it alone?
As the “yes to independence” campaign is launched in Scotland, Channel 4 News looks at what it would mean for the UK and why the SNP seems reluctant to use the word “separation”.