Senior officer at nuclear police force faces the sack after being accused of wearing fake Iraq and Afghanistan war medals to awards ceremony Supt Glenn McAleavey accused of wearing fake medals to awards ceremony He could be sacked from his position at the Civil Nuclear Constabulary McAleavey served in Royal Navy for 4 years before becoming … Read more
Serbia sends the army to its border with Croatia to ‘secure’ three camps holding 1,500 migrants trying to reach the EU amid claims of ‘harassment’ against local people Serbian Defence Ministry deployed army to a town near the border with Croatia Told to ‘secure’ three migrant camps housing some 1,500 people near Sid President Vucic … Read more
Checking in… Rory Stewart: The former mayoral candidate and Conservative minister talks about nearly being arrested in Nepal and eating snake in China By Tamara Hinson For The Daily Mail Published: 09:48 BST, 9 May 2020 | Updated: 11:59 BST, 9 May 2020 Ex-Conservative minister Rory Stewart This week it’s wobbly screen time for former … Read more
She hasn’t seen her soldier boyfriend properly for seven months after his return from his Afghanistan tour was delayed. But Kym Marsh, 43, shared her delight on Tuesday’s Good Morning Britain as she finally prepared to reunite with Army Major Scott Ratcliff, 31. During an interview with Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard, the former Corrie actress admitted … Read more
Ex-Army generals have urged the Chancellor to reward frontline NHS workers with cash bonuses as a thank you for risking their lives in the war against Covid-19. General Lord Richard Dannatt and ex-chief of the Defence Staff General Lord David Richards backed calls for nurses, doctors and care workers to be granted a tax-free allowance, … Read more
We are failing our heroes: Families of Afghan interpreters who served alongside British troops battling the Taliban STILL can’t get visas to come to UK The Government vowed in March last year that translators who helped British soldiers in the fight against the Taliban could bring their loved ones to join them Ministers said the … Read more
Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher was on a mission to investigate a Taliban compound near Sangin in Afghanistan in 2008 when he accidentally triggered a booby-trapped grenade. He and his men were heading back to base under cover of darkness when he stumbled into a four-metre tripwire linked to the explosive. Instead of running for cover, the … Read more
Finland has been named the happiest country in the world for the third year in a row by the World Happiness Report – and Afghanistan ranked the bleakest. The annual United Nations World Happiness Report ranks over 150 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be, according to their evaluations of their own … Read more