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Anthony Malone was tortured by the Taliban and suffered six broken ribs, kidney disease, nerve damage and serious concussion.He has now been named the English Veterans Awards' ‘Inspiration of the Year’

Every day as we count down to The Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards with TSB, we’ll be telling inspirational and uplifting stories of people who share the Pride of Britain spirit

Ministry of Defence’s buying arm was branded "broken" in a brutal parliamentary report but those in charge of dishing out multi-million-pound contracts bagged large bonuses regardless

Prince Harry has confessed his time serving in the armed forces triggered trauma of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales's death that he was 'never really aware of'

One of the King's Guard sentries spent around ten minutes trying to keep his distressed horse under control as it bucked its head and shifted uneasily from side-to-side before calling for help

Olivia Samantha Fowler was reported missing by her family in August 2021, and two years later she has been found dead - but police are yet to confirm whether the death is being treated as suspicious

The founder of the Wagner military company Yevgeny Prigozhin and six other passengers were on a private jet that crashed on Wednesday soon after taking off from Moscow with a crew of three

Simon Lingard, 38, died at about noon on November 7 2022 in Bakhmut in the Donetsk region in east Ukraine an inquest into his death held at Oxford Coroner's Court heard on Wednesday

El Salvador's prison system is buckling under the strain of the sheer numbers of inmates as the current administration cuts down on cartels and their footsoldiers

Authorities on Jersey have just discovered one of the largest hornets nests ever seen on the British Isles - and now some are calling for a 'Dad's Army' to prevent them coming to the mainland

The claim that spies are operating on UK soil comes days after it was revealed that police have arrested three suspected Russian spies in Britain

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

During a speech in Milwaukee, President Joe Biden appeared to forget the name of the island of Maui as he spoke about the devastation caused by the wildfires which tore through the area

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

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

Lance Corporal Sarah Garrity was left in intensive care at a Magaluf hospital after Sydney Cole allegedly slashed her with a broken glass, causing her to lose pints of blood and leaving her with a gaping wound which required 14 stitches

Olga Henderson was interred in a POW camp in Singapore at the age of 9 after her family fled their home in Malaysia following the Japanese invasion during World War II

Woman-beating ex-soldier Jonathan Hunt used his then-girlfriend as a "punchbag" during a drunken attack before being jailed for a total of two years and 11 months

Tory Defence Minister Andrew Murrison revealed plans for a more 'flexible' approach to the workforce including raising age caps and hiring more neurodiverse people

At the age of 24, the then princess Elizabeth wrote to Horace Smith, the horse riding instructor who taught her and Princess Margaret as children during her time living in Malta

An Afghan translator who put himself and his family in danger for the UK is still in limbo two years after the Taliban takeover despite being entitled to asylum in the UK

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 Prince and Princess of Wales decided to name their youngest child after a legendary member of the Royal Family who was also known as the 'secret weapon' - and was a mentor to King Charles

Carl Slater used the log book of the 1933 Austin saloon to find them, and after a year of planning, he and his wife Seeta set off on their mission