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Will Traitors mastermind Harry Clark walk away with the money or will the Faithful's finally see through his web of lies and deception in the big finale of the BBC hit show?

Prof Anthony Glees, security and intelligence expert at the University of Buckingham, told the Mirror General Sir Patrick Sanders is 'absolutely right' in his warning about conscription

The head of the British Army has said the UK needs to have a "citizens army" ready to fight if war broke out - but here are the medical conditions that would exclude you from conscription

A top NATO commander says the UK's alliance with Ukraine - after Sunak increased military aid to £2.5billion a year - is preparing for a conflict with Russia “in the next 20 years”

Mirror readers have given their opinion on whether there should be conscription in the UK if war broke out with Russia after the head of UK Army said we need a "citizen army"

"When the country's top soldier General Sir Patrick Sanders says we should start the thinking about preparing for possible civilian mobilisation - we should be listening"

As Tory MPs demand an urgent review, the MoD refuses to bin the dodgy data and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak still won't talk to survivors

Rishi Sunak ruled out conscription and insisted military service will remain voluntary after the head of the Army warned the armed forces will not be big enough if there is a war

The head of the British Army General, Sir Patrick Sanders, believes there is a need to change the public's mindset over the possibility of citizens being called up to fight if the UK went to war

General Sir Patrick Sanders, head of the British Army, is expected to warn there aren't enough troops in a major speech today - and the public will need to 'shift' mindset

TV writer Steven Moffat blames “snobby” production companies for turning their noses up at sitcoms to rival Dad's Army and Fawlty Towers, leaving a gap in the television comedy market

When Russell “Rusty” Waughman died last month at 100 years old, he was one of the last pilots of Bomber Command, up there with the most dangerous assignments of World War II

Donald Trump's speech before the New Hampshire primaries took a bizarre turn as he went on a tangent about "forts" and their role in the World Wars

Royal Navy Rating Simon Parkes, from Bristol, was last seen drinking at a pub in Gibraltar after the ship the 18-year-old was serving on, HMS Illustrious, docked

Glennis Bradshaw, 69, lost contact with father Gerald Lee, 89, in 1961 at just six-years-old - and spent nearly two decades looking for him

Military experts have offered their advice about how Europe and the US can stop Russia advancing West and help Ukraine push back the invading forces after two years at war

BBC's Laura Kuenssberg confronted Defence Secretary Grant Shapps over below-target army spending after he he set out the risks of an increasingly dangerous world

Chace Cook, 20, is facing the death penalty for the alleged murder and rape of his ex-girlfriend, 18-year-old Madeline Bills, who was found dead in her bedroom in April 2023

The base hosted American forces in western Iraq and was attacked with "at least a dozen missiles," according to a US defense source and an Iraqi police official.

The multi-million pound Royal Navy ship HMS Chiddingfold reversed into fellow hi-tech British combat vessel HMS Bangor in the embarrassing maritime pile-up in Bahrain

In a bleak outlook, Admiral Rob Bauer, who chairs NATO's Military Committee, said governments need to be ready to mobilise citizens and it's "not a given" that there will be peace

Lance Corporal Harold Jones, a World War Two veteran who lives in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, has been doing laps of his back garden 30 times every day since 2020

Royal Navy Seaman Simon Parkes, from Bristol, disappeared in December 1986 after going ashore from HMS Illustrious, as police begin a fresh search for him on the territory

Shocking footage of hostages Noa Argamani, Tai Tversky and Yossi Sharabi, has been released by Hamas - the video includes a sinister message which states 'tomorrow we will inform you of their fate'

Alicia Kearns MP, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, says if the UK and US had not acted, the Houthis would eventually have caused a maritime disaster