Pickles defends security services in wake of soldier's murder
Communities Secretary defends security services in the wake of the brutal murder of a British soldier in south east London

Advice not to wear uniforms was 'sad'
Advice given to British soldiers not to wear uniforms outside of military sites has been labelled as 'sad' by a leading counter-terrorism expert

Man hacked to death was a British soldier
Prime Minister David Cameron has cut short talks in Paris and flown back to Britain following the horrific killing of a British serviceman in London

Sentinel 'key' to Mali contribution, says MoD
Dozens of missions have been completed by the Royal Air Force Sentinel detachment in West Africa, as the MoD considers whether the aircraft should be scrapped

Afghan interpreters to get right to live in the UK after 'u-turn'
Afghan interpreters who worked with British forces are to be given the right to live in the UK, Downing Street sources have reportedly said

Veterans face more waiting for Arctic Star medals and Bomber Command Clasps
MoD team working through 21,000 applications, including 5,500 from living veterans - many of whom will wait months more

MoD spends millions on Apache Hellfire missiles
A £15m deal has been signed to replenish the army's stock of Hellfire missiles

British Army to recruit 10,000 after axing thousands of jobs
A recruitment campaign designed to help bring in 10,000 new soldiers and officers into the British Army over the next year has been launched

Ark Royal sets sail for the scrapyard
One of the British Navy's most iconic vessels, HMS Ark Royal, has set out on its final voyage – to a scrapyard in Turkey

Major Tim will be Britain's first 'official' astronaut
A former army major is to become the first Briton to live and work in space on an expedition funded by the British taxpayer

Dambuster medal decision ''cheese-paringly mean'' says bouncing bomb man's daughter
A decision not to issue a campaign medal for veterans of Bomber Command has been attacked as

Suicide rate for Falklands veterans revealed
The suicide rate for personnel who served in the Falklands conflict is lower than that for the UK civilian population, a new study has said

Videos show ''evidence'' of chemical weapons used in Syria
The BBC has been handed videos which appear to show a chemical weapons attack on a town in northern Syria

F-35 'great for Britain', insists minister
The F-35 jet will not only give British forces the best available fighter, but is creating thousands of British jobs, says defence minister

Afghan nine month tours based on 'military advice'
The last of British troops serving in Afghanistan could see their deployment extended to nine months, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has confirmed