World leaders step up pressure on Russia and China to take a tougher line with Syria

The Government stands accused of cutting too fast and too quickly after it emerged that the expected cost of outsourcing the management of the Ministry of Defence's property estate had spiralled to at least £40m a year – four times the original estimate.

The wrecks of two RAF Tornados lost in a crash in the Moray Firth have been found, the Ministry of Defence said yesterday.

The United States and its international allies called today for new, global sanctions against President Bashar Assad's regime, stepping up the pressure after the defection of a top general dealt a major blow to the Syrian leader.

In the next round of army cuts, the first place to look must be the officers' mess

Forces morale 'fragile' as Government reveals whole Infantry battalions will be scrapped

The biggest cuts to Britain's military strength for decades – including a 20,000 reduction in the size of the Army – will be announced today by the Defence Secretary.

One member of air crew has died and two others remain unaccounted for after two Tornado jets crashed off the coast of Scotland yesterday, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.

A search was suspended last night for two missing aircrew after two RAF Tornado GR4 jets crashed off the coast of north-east Scotland. Rescue helicopters earlier recovered two personnel from the Moray Firth. They were taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. Their condition had not been confirmed last night.

Three British soldiers shot dead by a man wearing an Afghan police uniform were named by the Ministry of Defence today.

Surface-to-air defence systems will be deployed at six sites in and around London during the 2012 Olympic Games, the Government confirmed today.

Holy Tharks, no wonder Disney lost a packet on this, a po-faced action-adventure that doesn't even have the decency to be Flash Gordon camp.

Council tenants who have launched legal proceedings over plans to station surface-to-air missiles on the roof of their block of flats during the Olympics are to have their day in court.

If any open space in the country is sacrosanct you might assume it would be London's Royal Parks. Yet for many months a substantial chunk of Green Park has been a building site. Yesterday the wraps came off, as the Queen unveiled an imposing edifice dedicated to the memory of Bomber Command.