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  • 110/2012 - Top level thanks for Olympics servicemen and women

    Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir David Richards, visited Armed Forces personnel based at Hainault, Essex, this morning to thank them for their ongoing efforts in support of delivering a safe and secure Olympic Games.

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

  • HMS Sutherland relieves Westminster east of Suez

    HMS Sutherland has relieved her sister ship HMS Westminster in the Indian Ocean after some final boarding party training in Crete and passage through the Suez Canal.

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

  • Lord Coe and General Richards thank Armed Forces for Olympics effort

    Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir David Richards, and LOCOG Chair Lord Coe visited Armed Forces personnel based at Hainault in Essex this morning to thank them for their ongoing efforts in support of delivering a safe …

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

  • HMS Echo becomes first Royal Navy ship to visit post-Gaddafi Libya

    Survey ship HMS Echo has become the first Royal Navy ship to visit Libya since the fall of Colonel Gaddafi.

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

  • Providing canine heroes for the front line

    Military working dogs provide valuable capability to British patrols on the front line. But procurement by DE&S begins many miles from Afghanistan.

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

  • Simulators to help guard against CBRN threats

    The latest simulators to train Service personnel to deal with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats have been delivered on time and within budget.

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

  • Journalists' Day in Iran

    Today is Journalists' Day in Iran. But in reality, Iran’s journalists have little to celebrate.

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

  • Military band entertains Olympics troops and fans

    A military band has helped to both boost the morale of troops undertaking Olympics security duties and entertain the crowds watching the tennis.

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

  • Red Devils parachute into Whitby

    The townspeople of Whitby joined bereaved families of Service personnel when the Red Devils Parachute Regiment display team dropped in on Whitby Abbey.

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

  • Royal Military Police train for close protection

    Members of the Royal Military Police (RMP) have opened up their training camp at Longmoor to give the public an insight into the training of the Close Protection Unit (CPU).

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

  • Light Dragoons destroy huge Afghan insurgent explosives cache

    British soldiers from the Light Dragoons have discovered and destroyed a huge insurgent cache of bomb-making equipment in Helmand province, Afghanistan, saving military and civilian lives.

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

  • Communities Secretary Eric Pickles responds to the riots 1 year on

    An update from Eric Pickles a year after the English riots took place.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister expresses condolences over the Wisconsin shooting

    Minister for North America Alistair Burt is deeply saddened about the shooting at a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.

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

  • Royal Navy rower takes Olympic gold

    Olympic rower and Royal Navy officer Lieutenant Pete Reed has helped Team GB to a historic fourth gold medal in the men's coxless fours.

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

  • UK forces support Afghan operation in Lower Gereshk Valley

    Afghan soldiers and police, supported by British troops, have completed an operation to clear insurgents from the Lower Gereshk Valley, in the north of Nahr-e Saraj district.

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

  • Soldiers on Salisbury Plain celebrate historical discovery

    An award-winning project using archaeology to aid the recovery of soldiers injured on Operation HERRICK has concluded its success on Salisbury Plain with an astonishing treasure trove of Anglo-Saxon finds.

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

  • New Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary

    The new Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office, Richard Heaton, takes up his new role today.

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister’s statement on the House of Lords Reform Bill

    The Deputy Prime Minister confirmed that the government does not intend to proceed with Lords reform in this parliament.

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

  • Foreign Secretary warns of escalation of violence in Syria

    Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke today on Sky News about Syria

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

  • UK welcomes agreement by Israel and the Palestinian Authority on trade and taxation

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt and Minister for International Development welcomed the agreement which will enhance the Palestinian Authority's ability to collect revenues.

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