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John Robinson was at the medal factory in Birmingham to see the first medal roll off the production line after a five-year Mirror campaign to honour Britain's nuclear test veterans

With only 217 armoured tanks, the UK sits in 57th place for vehicle numbers - ranking worryingly behind peace-loving Switzerland who haven't fought in a war in 200 years

The Prime Minister boasted of an eightfold increase in the manufacture of 155mm artillery shells, but now it has emerged it will take until 2025 to build up capacity

Imber in Wiltshire is open for one day a year after it was closed to make way for American soldiers in WWII and then kept shut by the Ministry of Defence who used it as a training ground

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey has hit out at ministers over the treatment of heroes who helped UK forces during more than a decade of combat operations in the war-torn country

British naval vessels have been summoned to escort Kremlin ships through UK waters dozens of times since 2021, according to a written parliamentary answer

Figures from the Ministry of Defence show 13,527 soldiers were found lacking between 2019 and 2022 in the annual Soldier Condition Review - and a further 8,988 failed to complete two other exams

The Ministry of Defence spent the money with the controversial ferry firm after it faced widespread condemnation for firing 800 workers by video in March last year

The scaling back of the flu programme is an attempt to get the NHS "back to normal" following the pandemic, with the rollout also expected to start later to ensure better protection through winter

UFO filmmaker Mark Christopher Lee said that King Charles should put pressure on the government for them to tell the "truth" over what the UK knows about alien life

Craigiehall was an army base located near Cramond, Edinburgh, which once served as the HQ for the British Army in Scotland, before it closed for good in 2019, leaving a ghost town

Russell Kellett says he has made this discovery in Yorkshire, after spending 20 years investigating the site of a reported alien “abduction” in the area

A total of 197 troops serving in the SAS, the SBS, the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, Special Forces Support Group and on nuclear submarines tested positive for Class A drugs like cocaine since 2012

The Ministry of Defence had pledged to have 25% of its non-military “white fleet” made up of ultra-low emissions vehicles by this year

The truth is out there... and now you can find out exactly where "there" is across the UK with our incredible interactive map detailing a whole host of UFO sightings made by stunned Brits – and you can add to it

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his cabinet colleagues have taken 74 flights on the plush new aircraft since June last year with the shortest journey lasting just 28 minutes

Last week, in line with a recommendation by a damning report on Britain's ban on LGBT+ people in the military, the PM finally said sorry in a victory for campaigners and the charity Fighting With Pride.

Nick Pope, who used to head the UK's UFO programme, said it should restart. He called for an investigation, adding that Parliament should get 'beyond the stigma' of investigating potential sightings

A probe is underway at the Ministry of Defence after a typing error meant a "small number" of emails were sent to Mali - which is closely aligned with the Kremlin

The delayed and long-awaited nuclear test medal is finally in production, 70 years after Britain's first atomic bomb

Philip Stephenson-Oliver was filmed watching as a pal appears to use a banknote to snort what is claimed to be cocaine in his bedroom at a house party on July 14 - before doing the same thing himself

Kevin Bazeley, 56, was discharged in 1995 after he was 'outed' as gay while serving at RAF Kinloss and said Rishi Sunak's apology in relation to the historic discrimination was "long overdue"

The helicopter antennae plunged into Elliott Courtman's eye and, as the 27-year-old man suffered such a penetrating injury, surgeons had to remove it

The Prime Minister followed the recommendation of a Government-commissioned review and issued an apology to troops who suffered bullying and were booted out of the military over their sexuality

Nuclear veterans whose blood records are mysteriously missing from records of Cold War radiation tests have been refused government help to find them