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Royal Navy's new homegrown paramedic graduates to add new frontline capability
7+ min ago (290+ words) The Royal Navy's first internally trained paramedics have graduated with a ceremony on HMS Victory to mark the major milestone." The enhanced paramedic training programme is designed to improve the Royal Navy's operational readiness, with clinicians who are able to…...
Bronze lion takes guard in Edinburgh as King marks 20 years of Royal Regiment of Scotland
43+ min ago (352+ words) A bronze lion now keeps watch over the cap badge of The Royal Regiment of Scotland in the heart of Edinburgh. The King unveiled the new monument in Princes Street Gardens as the regiment marked 20 years since its formation, following…...
Cash on drones or fixing military homes? Here's where you said the money should be spent
4+ hour, 17+ min ago (209+ words) The government's Defence Investment Plan has revealed that refurbishment work on 14, 000 military homes is being delayed, with funding instead diverted to new technologies." The announcement has reignited debate over how defence funding should be allocated, particularly when it comes to…...
Warrior misbehaving causes flashback to combat in Iraq for Victoria Cross-holder Beharry
4+ hour, 34+ min ago (486+ words) Warrant Officer Class 1 Johnson Beharry, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in Iraq, has driven his Warrior infantry fighting vehicle again for the first time in 22 years " but when it started playing up it brought back some…...
Russia launches 'massive attack' on Kyiv, killing at least 13 people in 2026's second-deadliest strike
5+ hour, 11+ min ago (368+ words) Russia has launched hundreds of drones and tens of missiles overnight at Kyiv, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 50. Four hundred and ninety-six drones and 74 missiles were fired in what Moscow said was retaliation for recent attacks on…...
Rare access inside Ukraine to UK's Raven air defence system dubbed Franken SAM
6+ hour, 31+ min ago (787+ words) BFBS Forces News reporters Simon Newton and Hannah King headed to a frontline region in Ukraine to seek out a British-built air defence system. Raven has rarely been seen in action on the ground, and the team were given access…...
Defence Secretary insists all the military chiefs support Defence Investment Plan, but do they?
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (501+ words) Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis has insisted that all of the military chiefs support the Defence Investment Plan, or DIP, despite reports that the Chief of the Defence Staff asked for a line saying he backed it to be withdrawn from…...
Probes into death of King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery soldier could last 18 months
1+ day, 19+ min ago (403+ words) Investigations into the death of King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery soldier Ciara Sullivan could take around 18 months, a coroner has said. Lance Bombardier Sullivan reportedly fell from her horse on 15 May at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. The incident happened…...
Defence Investment Plan is a kick in the posterior to embrace risk, says security analyst
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (423+ words) One silver lining of receiving less funding than requested in the Defence Investment Plan is that it will force the UK to be more creative, think in new ways, and move beyond previously established approaches. That is the view of…...
What do the former ministers who resigned over the Defence Investment Plan think about it?
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (758+ words) Sections of the Defence Investment Plan are a shift in the "right direction", former Armed Forces minister Al Carns has said - having resigned ahead of its publication. In a post on X, the former Royal Marines colonel said he had…...