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A British soldier killed on duty in Ukraine has been named by the Ministry of Defence. Lance Corporal George Hooley, 28, of the Parachute Regiment, died in a “tragic accident” while observing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A soldier killed in Ukraine as he watched the testing of a new defensive capability was a 28-year-old paratrooper. The “tragic ...

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A council breached its own equality rules when it banned stall-holders from selling Parachute Regiment flags at an Apprentice Boys parade in Londonderry, a watchdog has ruled. In 2023, Derry City and ...

Hundreds of British Army personnel were affected by a major military blunder that saw them sent on the wrong training course. Junior soldiers, who were three weeks into their basic training at the ...

Around 210 junior soldiers at the Army Foundation College near Harrogate have been hit by the error Junior soldiers at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate ahead ...

The shooting of civilians in Derry on Bloody Sunday was “unjustified”, “unnecessary” and “gratuitous”, a prosecution barrister has said on the opening day of the trial of Soldier F. The former member ...

Belfast-born Abi Austen became the first transgender British Army officer and the first female Parachute Regiment officer 20 years ago, but ended up suing the army when they tried to fire her for ...

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