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Katrina Hodge is a part-time model and a soldier in the British Army A soldier has been given leave from her duties to represent England in the Miss World competition. L/Cpl Katrina Hodge, 21, from Tunbridge Wells, will take...
Barack Obama's reaction to bad news is to play it so cool that Americans yearn for a bit more drama - and some even for his predecessor, writes Toby Harnden in Washington. Photo: GETTY During the election campaign, Barack...
The MoD is backtracking on a cut in SAR helicopter crews Search and rescue (SAR) services at RAF Lossiemouth have been suspended during the night, it has emerged. The MoD cut crews in 2008 but has been trying to revert to...
After more than five years in jail, the British mercenary is seeking vengeance on others he says were part of the failed 'Wonga Coup' – including Mark Thatcher The statements had a certain similarity. Sir Mark Thatcher and...
The sacrifices of UK troops in Afghanistan were commemorated by guests including the Queen and Gordon Brown at the Festival of Remembrance in London. There were a number of references to events in Afghanistan during the...
In Afghanistan, teams of British disposal experts rely on both skill and luck to neutralise hundreds of improvised explosive devices every month When Staff Sergeant Stevie Jack kneels in the dust of Helmand province beside a...
A warship built with steel salvaged from the World Trade Center has been put into service in New York. Hundreds of US Navy officers and sailors and also families of 9/11 victims attended the commissioning of the USS New York in...
Fighters rearm and reinforce positions in valleys amid fears that Israel is about to launch attack on Islamic group Hezbollah is rapidly rearming in preparation for a new conflict with Israel, fearing that Benjamin Netanyahu's...
Preparations for a World Cup showdown are getting heated, but does the animosity between the two countries run deeper? Football may be known as the beautiful game but at the international level it often resembles some kind of...
After another bloody week in Afghanistan I stood in the Field of Remembrance by Westminster Abbey and wondered if the war was worth it. This year a record number were sent in and, for the first time, there is a section marked...
