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  • HMS Portland returns home from Atlantic and Pacific patrols

    Friends and family welcome home HMS Portland as she returns from a successful seven-month deployment to the South Atlantic, eastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Latest Type 45 destroyer enters service with the Royal Navy

    The latest Type 45 destroyer, HMS Dauntless, has entered service with the Royal Navy, the Ministry of Defence announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Secretary welcomes Canadian commitment to Afghan mission

    Secretary of State for Defence Dr Liam Fox has welcomed the news that 950 Canadian troops will remain in Afghanistan in a training capacity when their combat mission comes to an end in 2011.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Minister meets Army's next generation

    The Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans, Andrew Robathan, has inspected the next generation of soldiers at a passing out parade at the Army Training Regiment (ATR) Bassingbourn.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary chairs UN Security Council debate on Sudan

    The debate focussed on the importance of a peaceful and credible referendum in January 2011 and progress on the political, humanitarian and security situation in Darfur.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • "A stable Sudan will help build security and prosperity in the region"

    Foreign Secretary William Hague chaired the UN Security Council meeting on Sudan on 16 November. Representing the UK, he made the following statement.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • ISAF troops play top Afghan women footballers

    Women's football is a growing sport in Afghanistan and the top female players recently played a match with British and other ISAF female troops based in Kabul.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RLC soldiers receive Afghanistan campaign medals

    The Regiment deployed to a variety of locations across Afghanistan, including Camp Bastion, Kandahar, Kabul, and bases around Helmand province…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RAF Air Commodore hands over command of Kandahar Airfield

    The transfer of authority involved a ceremony inside an Afghan Air Force hangar at the base where the British Commander of Kandahar Airfield…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 90th anniversary of the Association of Wrens celebrated

    A service of commemoration and rededication for the Association of Wrens was held in this, their 90th anniversary year, at the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, London, at the weekend.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Royal Navy explodes World War Two bomb in Plymouth

    A Second World War bomb that caused disruption when it was discovered during excavation work in Plymouth city centre last week was dealt with by the Royal Navy's Devonport-based bomb disposal unit.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Army vet works with all manner of livestock in Helmand

    Captain Lowe joined the Royal Army Veterinary Corps a little over eighteen months ago with, she said, her eyes open: “The main roles in …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship disrupts pirates

    During a patrol of the waters between the Somali coast and the Seychelles yesterday, Sunday 14 November 2010, RFA Fort Victoria was alerted …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • PUS and Service Chiefs issue letters to civil servants and civilian staff

    In light of this, recognising that civilians across Defence face a time of considerable personal uncertainty while work to establish how we …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • IN PICTURES: HM Armed Forces remember the fallen from Afghanistan to London

    From bases in Afghanistan, on board Royal Navy ships, at RAF stations and in Army barracks around the world, the British Service community has honoured the fallen of military campaigns past and present.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Security minister warns against IT scams

    Security minister warns against IT scams that see fake anti-virus software sold to steal personal information.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Record number of weapons seized at Robin Hood airport

    This summer, UK Border Agency officers seized a record number of potentially lethal weapons, including stun guns, CS-canisters and machetes.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Brussels 8 and 9 November 2010: post-council statement

    Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Post-Council statement My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Death of Northern Ireland soldier

    Secretary of State Owen Paterson MP has said that the death of a soldier from the 1st Battalion the Royal Irish Regiment in Afghanistan on Remembrance Sunday was a 'tragedy beyond words'.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • "Hard-headed internationalism" is the future of our foreign policy - PM

    The PM said that the coalition government's foreign policy will be one of "hard-headed internationalism" to advance Britain's national interests.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government