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When it's right to target the usual suspects

13.10.09
A group of boys is lined up on the pavement in the rain opposite my house looking at my parked scooter... more

PM agrees to Army’s request for 2,000 troops

09.10.09
Gordon Brown is ready to order up to 2,000 extra troops to Afghanistan as Barack Obama weighs up whether to order a 'surge' of American troops into the country... more

A Roundhead playing in a party of Cavaliers

08.10.09
There is something unsettling about the reports that General Sir Richard Dannatt is to become a mainstream Tory adviser on defence and security -just six weeks after stepping down as head of the Army. There is a broad assumption, too, that if the Conservatives win next May, the general will be give a peerage and become a minister.... more

Force needed to hold summer’s gains

07.10.09
The question of whether to send an extra 2,000 British troops to Helmand has been a constant problem for Gordon Brown... more

500 extra troops for Helmand after Brown U-turn

07.10.09
An extra 500 British soldiers expected to be sent to Afghanistan as Gordon Brown looks to stamp-down suggestions that he is not fully committed to the war... more

Fifa vice-president unimpressed by England's World Cup bid

07.10.09
England does not have a divine right to host the World Cup and its bid for the 2018 competition has not wowed anyone yet, Fifa vice-president Jack Warner warned... more

Afghan troop surge ‘could mean greater British losses’

05.10.09
British death toll in Afghanistan may rise under plans to deploy more troops to defeat the Taliban insurgency, Liam Fox warned... more

General: If we fail, the world’s terrorists will be intoxicated

18.09.09
Allied forces do not have the 'luxury of time' in the battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan, a British military chief warns... more

Troops 'face five more years of fighting and bloodshed'

17.08.09
British troops could be locked in bloody combat with the Taliban for five more years with hundreds more casualties, the outgoing head of the Army has admitted... more

Rory Stewart: The PM knows we shouldn't be in Afghanistan

12.08.09
The man who briefs Obama's team has a new mission: to clean up British politics. Will Parliament prove even more dangerous for Rory Stewart than Kabul or Iraq?... more

Military chiefs up in arms over Dannatt’s Afghan ‘shopping list’

17.07.09
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Only a serious shake-up can end this Afghan mess

13.07.09
We have had a progressively dysfunctional Parliament and government since 2002. In the confusion over Afghanistan, we are now seeing the culmination of the dysfunctional handling of our defence forces over the same period... more

Gordon Brown under fire over ‘Afghan war lightweights’

13.07.09
Gordon Brown urged to appoint new leadership on Afghanistan to supersede Defence Secretary and armed forces chief... more

Gordon Brown under fire over ‘Afghan war lightweights’

13.07.09
Gordon Brown urged to appoint new leadership on Afghanistan to supersede Defence Secretary and armed forces chief... more

Minnow signs up for 2010 with F1’s big fish all at sea

22.05.09
Formula One: Formula One received its first entry for 2010 from a new team today just hours before the latest round of crunch talks aimed at averting a mass exodus from the sport took place off the shores of Monte Carlo... more

Jenson Button a fan of the budget cap plan for Formula One

01.05.09
Football: Jenson Button has backed the introduction of a £40million budget cap from 2010 which he believes will make Formula One more competitive... more

Afghan village? No, it’s Norfolk

01.05.09
British soldiers will get the chance to prepare for deployment to Afghanistan by training in the heart of Norfolk’s Thetford Forest... more

Interpreter who spied for Iran gets 10 years

28.11.08
The Army corporal who was personal interpreter to Britain's top general in Afghanistan was jailed for 10 years at the Old Bailey for spying for Iran... more

Guilty: Iran spy who put lives at risk

05.11.08
The British commander in Afghanistan's interpreter was convicted at the Old Bailey of spying for Iran... more

FA Thai up new friendly

28.10.08
England will play Thailand in a friendly for the first time next year, according to the president of the Thai Football Federation... more

There is no better man to make troops fit for purpose

17.10.08
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New Army chief demands troops surge in Taliban war

17.10.08
A general who wants a big increase in the number of troops in Afghanistan has been appointed head of the British Army... more

Interpreter 'betrayed Britain after suffering racism in the Army'

13.10.08
The interpreter for the British commander of allied troops in Afghanistan betrayed his country after becoming embittered by racism, the Old Bailey heard... more

West Ham owner ready to consider sale

10.10.08
West Ham owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is considering selling the club after the economic meltdown in Iceland wiped an estimated £230million off his personal fortune, and left him facing the possibility of even bigger losses... more

Sport

08.10.08
Sport in general has received a major morale boost with Britain's unexpected success at the Beijing Olympics. Already the excitement is building towards the London 2012 Games. ... more

Credit crunch puts the squeeze on F1

02.10.08
Formula One looked in fine fettle at the stunning night-time grand prix in Singapore but the worry lines are always more apparent in the cold light of day... more

Revenge of the FA's blazer brigade

22.08.08
The Football Association's ousted chief executive Brian Barwick left a trail of disgruntled traditionalists in his wake... more

Prodrive steers into profits rally

24.07.08
Prodrive, the motor-sport and engineering business owned by former rally driver and Aston Martin chairman David Richards, drove into the black last year but is finding it hard to turn a profit in Europe... more

Prem chief sparks new England row

11.06.08
Chairman says foreign imports got McClaren the sack and cost us Euro finals place... more

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