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Stuart Coburn was working as a contractor for an international mine clearance company in Ramadi, Iraq when he died in 2016 while attempting to neutralise the improvised explosive device inside a skip

Families are wrestling with illness as they wait for a medal, and still don't have a date to meet Rishi Sunak to discuss further recognition

Baroness JoJo Penn insisted: "The vision for the future of our defence that we set out in the original Integrated Review remains the vision for defence that we have set out in this country"

The Ministry of Defence confirmed the mission had taken place, saying it "clearly demonstrates our collective resolve to challenge any potential threat to Nato's borders, whilst demonstrating our combined strength"

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace wanted an £11bn boost to take account of the war in Ukraine and the rising threat posed by China, but has been forced to make do with far less

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told MPs the air strike, part of the UK's anti-ISIS campaign Operation Shader, took place in northern Syria

The PM Rishi Sunak is unveiling plans to increase the UK's defence budget by £5bn - but that's less than half what defence secretary Ben Wallace demanded

A forlorn abandoned housing estate sits on the edge of bustling Edinburgh, and it should be an ideal location - but more than 30 houses are empty, leaving it feeling like a ghost town

The Ministry of Defence holds the results of Cold War blood tests, but won't share it with veterans

Veteran Baz Melia, a retired British Army Colonel, has called for more to be done to stop UK soldiers committing suicide after leaving the military after 22 have killed themselves in his army regiment

Armed Forces Minister James Heappey said some of those on the soldier sick list were waiting for appointments with a dentist - and would be sent into battle "if the balloon went up"

Often regarded as one of the highest-quality UFO images ever taken, a recent development about who took the famous Calvine photo has led to a top UFO researcher to put forward a remarkable theory

Armed Forces Minister James Heappey faced calls to deploy a batch of British fighter planes to "backfill" air defence roles in countries which have aircraft bteter suited for Ukrainian forces

The footage begins by showing Ukrainian soldiers emerging from a shallow trench and making their way across a battlefield before they blow up the area and capture the Russians

A huge benefit concert is set to be held at Wembley stadium this year, with big-name performers such as The Rolling Stones and U2 invited to play in order to raise money for the victims of the Ukraine conflict

Depleted Russian forces are telling troops to use shovels because they are so short of ammo, it has emerged, as dramatic aerial footage shows a Ukrainian city completely destroyed by war

The new chopper, expected to be an Italian-made AgustaWestland AW149, will be a replacement for an aircraft currently in service based at RAF Northolt. It will also be used by senior royals

Aarondeep Mann heard the sonic boom while emptying the boot of his car in Houghton-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, and said his first thought was it may have been a gas explosion

The forgotten veterans will finally get official recognition for their service 71 years after they helped develop the UK’s first atomic bomb

Nuclear veterans will get their long-awaited medal this summer - but Rishi Sunak still refuses to fulfil his promise to meet them, says Fleet Street Fox

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace boasted he has 224,000 staff while Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer has an office with just 12 people as they clashed over money for the Armed Forces

Workers at Porton Down are being balloted for strike action with the result set to be announced on Monday. The lab was used to analyse the novichok that poisoned Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia

Determined to march in lockstep with Rishi Sunak to flee the Jeremy Corbyn era, Labour leader Keir Starmer elevates Nato to holy grail status

NHS nurse Melanie Johnson is leading a team of 35 medics sent by UK-Med to respond to the devastating earthquake in Turkey which has killed at least 46,000 people

It comes ahead of an important meeting of NATO defence ministers today and tomorrow in Brussels as officials work to co-ordinate supplying more weapons to Ukraine, and to discuss the threat posed by spy balloons