All news on the topic: British Army

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British Army back to its 'core purpose' after proud role in fight against Covid
The Mirror have this week been granted access to the British Army's mock assault on an enemy urban area in Exercise Khanjar in Oman, the culmination of a four-month deployment
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British Army chiefs say troops are 'up for a scrap' if they're needed in Ukraine
The Royal Anglian Regiment will next year command NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force - and the Mirror joined troops from the regiment as they trained in the Omani desert
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Over 18,000 troops are victims of bullying at work - yet 90% won't speak out
Members of the armed forces have faced discrimination and sexual harassment, with women being disproportionally affected, but 90% never make an official complaint.
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Elite SAS launch recruitment drive to encourage women to join its ranks
The ban on women serving in the Army's frontline units was lifted in 2018. However, there are still no women in the Special Air Service or Special Boat Service
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Kate's honest exercise admission as she whips off jacket for gruelling challenge
Kate Middleton visited Landau Forte College in Derby today to meet Captain Preet Chandi and congratulate her for recently completing a polar trek across the Antarctic
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Russia 'massing troops and guns' as first anniversary of Ukraine invasion looms
The warning came from Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey as he addressed the Royal United Services Institute in London, revealing what Labour would do in power
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PC David Carrick handed 30 years after he's exposed as one of UK's worst rapists
WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: David Carrick was unmasked as one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders after he admitted to 24 counts of rape as well as charges of sexual assault, controlling and coercive behaviour and false imprisonment
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Union boss accuses Tory Grant Shapps of 'lying' about NHS ambulance strike
Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said the idea that Ambulance workers didn't provide minimum cover while on strike is an "absolute, utter lie"
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Taxpayers pay millions on hotels for defence chiefs as troops live in squalor
Hundreds of senior officers and officials have enjoyed luxurious £500-a-night hotels in Hawaii, Dubai and the Caribbean while working for the government - all paid for by taxpayers
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Boy, 10, saw neighbours swept to deaths in UK's worst storm that killed hundreds
Former Canvey Island Councillor Ray Howard, whose family lived a mile from the seafront, was just 10 when a violent storm tore through Britain in 1953 - but still remembers it vividly
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Army 'no longer seen as top-level force' with Sunak 'failing' as wartime PM
A senior US general reportedly told Defence Secretary Ben Wallace that Rishi Sunak is failing in his role unless he takes action against the growing security threat from Vladimir Putin
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Car bursts into flames after trying to ram through military base gates
The car was stopped after a camp guard deployed anti-vehicle barriers. Footage shows the front of car shredded by the barrier with wreckage strewn across the road in Camp Pendleton, California, US
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Putin warned Russians have 'no stomach for the fight' in Ukraine anymore
"There is enormous conflict between the various leaders and factions who are wondering what their life is going to be like after Crimea falls and after Ukraine wins," says a retired lieutenant general
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Harry needs more security after saying he killed 25 Taliban, CIA official claims
In his best-selling memoir Spare, Prince Harry claimed he killed 25 Taliban fighters while serving in Afghanistan, which some fear could make him more of a target for extremists
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Rishi Sunak duped by Falklands 'Walter Mitty' who is actually a pub singer
Chris Webber joined a veterans meeting with the Prime Minister after claiming he was a Falklands hero but now it has been revealed he bought his green beret from the internet
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Prince Harry's army instructor says story in Spare book 'dramatised'
Ex-Sergeant Major Michael Booley insists every detail of training flights is discussed beforehand, adding he is 'in shock' after learning about Prince Harry's dramatic account in his memoir Spare
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Holocaust survivor's daughter says mum never talked about horrors of Auschwitz
Marta Seiler's parents both survived the Holocaust, but Marta knew very little about their experience until she read a series of harrowing letters written by the pair and other members of the family
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UK's star of space Major Tim Peake retires as European Space Agency astronaut
The astronaut - who is one of just a small handful of Brits to ever voyage to outer space - said it was time to step down but wouldn't rule out another trip
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Teen who plotted Islamist terror attack wanted to ‘torture, mutilate’ soldiers
Matthew King, 19, came to the attention of authorities after posting a video to a WhatsApp group in which he sought advice on social media about the best route to get to Syria
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Russia brags Poseidon nuclear tsunami torpedoes can 'plunge UK into sea depths'
The monster bomb is said to be able to travel at up to 80mph under the sea and has been reportedly loaded onto its mammoth submarine which is the longest in the world
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Rapist cop's timeline of terror as he preyed on victims from dating sites
David Carrick is due to be sentenced next month, after admitting 49 offences between 2003 and 2020 including rape, sexual assault and false imprisonment
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King Charles' boost for family of soldier who served with Harry in Afghanistan
The parents of Warrant Officer Nathan Hunt have called on defence chiefs to add his name to a national war memorial. Their son took his own life after more than 20 years service
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Armed forces recruits left freezing as barracks heating breaks down twice a day
New MoD figures show that at the Navy’s largest training camp at HMS Collingwood in Fareham, Hants heating systems have gone down nearly 400 times since last February
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Trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies names his horses after classic sitcom characters
The Grand National-winning handler has given some of his young equine recruits monikers after famous Dad's Army and Porridge characters including Sergeant Wilson and Norman Fletcher
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War hero gets 160 cards on his 108th birthday thanks to kindness of strangers
Donald Rose woke on the big day to find 50 cards from complete strangers from across the UK - and after a Royal British Legion appeal, his care home was swamped with another 110 in the following week