The Red Arrows team has flown world-famous diamond formation for first time in 18 months

Team has flown world-famous diamond formation for first time in 18 months after 2011 tragedies

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RAF hides true scale of unmanned Taliban war

More than half of the RAF's drone strikes against Taliban militants in Afghanistan are not reported publicly, a new analysis has revealed.

Mika on dangerous tackle charge

The Hull KR forward Constantine Mika will appear before the Rugby Football League's disciplinary committee tonight charged with making dangerous contact with an opponent. Mika was called in after the RFL's review panel studied an incident in Rovers' defeat at Warrington on Sunday. He faces up to a two-match ban.

Green on her 109th birthday

Florence Green: Veteran of the First World War

Florence Green, who has died aged 110, was the last known surviving veteran of the First World War, serving with the Women's Royal Air Force at airbases in Norfolk.

Prince Harry prepares for a training mission in an Apache helicopter

Prince Harry poised for return to action on Afghanistan frontline

Training for combat missions set to reignite debate over safety of his fellow troops

Florence Green pictured on her 109th birthday

Last First World War veteran dies

The last surviving veteran of the First World War has died aged 110, two weeks away from her 111th birthday.

'Last' war service member dies

The world's last surviving First World War service member has died aged 110.

The Welsh Guards Memorial in Fitzroy. Many Welsh Guards were killed after their ship, RFA Sir Galahad, was bombed during the Falklands War

'There is a point where Islanders will say to the Argentines, "To hell with you..."'

As tensions rise in the South Atlantic, our man in Port Stanley, Governor >Nigel Haywood, remains remarkably sanguine. Graham Bound meets him

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Doubts raised over nursery scheme

Prince William arrives in Falklands

The Duke of Cambridge has arrived in the Falklands amid simmering tensions between Britain and Argentina over the disputed islands.

The Greatcoat, By Helen Dunmore

Dunmore's historical novels have been compared to Tolstoy. This wartime ghost story is not in that league, but it does what it says on the dust jacket

Elite forces rehearse Olympics security operation

Elite police and military teams joined forces today to give a first glimpse of Britain's biggest peacetime security operation.

Gurkhas hit out at 'unfair' cuts

Gurkhas today claimed they were being unfairly targeted for cuts after the Ministry of Defence announced around one in 10 posts in the brigade will be axed.

Sweeping troop cuts for army

Sweeping troop cut numbers due to be revealed tomorrow point to a fundamental reshaping of Britain's army.

Jack London: Member of a noted boxing dynasty

As the eldest son of a legendary British and Commonwealth boxing champion, it was perhaps inevitable that Jack London would follow his father into the fight game. While he was undoubtedly a gifted exponent of the noble art, he is as well known for his contribution to the explosive events in Porthcawl more than 50 years ago that not only made world headlines but remain entrenched in sporting folklore.

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