British Isles
Government to crush home-grown extremism
29 Jul 2015
David Cameron has set out the Government's strategy to defeat the ‘poison’ of Islamist extremism in the UK. He pledged to tackle conditions that lead to hundreds of Britons joining IS militants. Mr Cameron said the…
Wheelchair services 'are failing'
29 Jul 2015
One of Great Britain's Paralympians has said that wheelchair services across England are failing on every level. There are 1.2 million wheelchair users across the UK. Some wait years for the right wheelchair (an ill-fitting chair…
Ministry of Defence
29 Jul 2015
In recent years, defence has fallen low on the list of national priorities. While other government departments have ring-fenced budgets, that of the MoD is completely unprotected. On Monday Lord Richards, a former chief of the…
More than 3,000 police officers were on duty at Orange Order parades across Northern Ireland on Monday. Nearly half of them were members of public order units, commonly referred to as riot police, and deployed to…
SAS - Welsh hike 'should have ended sooner'
15 Jul 2015
An SAS selection march in which three reservists died should have been called off hours before the first man was found, a coroner said on Tuesday. L/Cpl Craig Roberts died of multiple organ failure as a…
Royal Army Chaplains
15 Jul 2015
For centuries the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department has ministered to soldiers and their families in times of war and peace. Chaplains provide spiritual support, pastoral care and moral guidance to all, irrespective of religion or belief.…