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Onlookers stunned as Army abseilers descend Lloyd's building

09.09.11
A Polar explorer stunned crowds in the City as he abseiled down the side of the Lloyd's building... more

Government may pull ads from NoW as outrage grows

07.07.11
The Government was today considering severing advertising links with the News of the World after claims that an investigator may have hacked into the phones of the grieving families of dead soldiers ... more

'Murdoch staff pay Met £100k in bribes': Arrests imminent over illegal payments

07.07.11
Corrupt Met police received more than £100,000 in unlawful payments from senior journalists and executives at the News of the World, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Policeman joins the Great Escape Pt II in charity ride

02.06.11
A team of 12 British bikers are riding 3,500 miles to the scene of the Great Escape during the Second World War to raise money for the Royal British Legion... more

Body of 'remarkable' soldier killed in bomb blast brought back to UK

26.05.11
The body of a Colour Sergeant Kevin Fortuna, killed by a bomb in Afghanistan, is to be flown home for his funeral service... more

Troops have not been betrayed by us, insists Armed Forces minister

09.02.11
Armed Forces minister Nick Harvey today vehemently denied a claim that the Government has broken a promise to troops... more

I’m mortified, says Pink Floyd star’s son after swinging from Cenotaph flag

10.12.10
Son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour was revealed as the student fees protester who was pictured swinging from a Union flag on the Cenotaph in Whitehall... more

Millions fall silent to mark Remembrance Day as Muslim extremists burn poppies

11.11.10
Millions of Britons fall silent to remember those who have died in war, but riot police are called as a London Muslim group burns a model of a poppy... more

The Saturdays lead Trafalgar Square in remembrance

10.11.10
Girl band The Saturdays will bring Trafalgar Square to a standstill on November 11 to commemorate the nation’s war dead... more

Poignant tribute to fallen friend from Prince Harry as he opens Afghanistan memorial

09.11.10
Prince Harry pays tribute to a fallen comrade as he opens the first remembrance field to British forces killed in Afghanistan... more

George W Bush and the dilemmas of torture

09.11.10
The revelations of former US President George W Bush regarding “waterboarding” reopen the row over treatment of terror suspects... more

Remembrance Day part for star of West End’s Birdsong

05.11.10
Ben Barnes, star of the West End stage adaptation of Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks’s Great War novel, is to help the Royal British Legion mark Remembrance Day in Trafalgar Square... more

Granite plaques replace stolen brass war memorial

03.11.10
Stone memorial plaques to the war dead have been erected in place of brass ones that were stolen for scrap metal... more

Award for café owned and run by ex-soldiers

03.09.10
Café helping homeless ex-servicemen adjust to life back on civvy street has won a major award for its work... more

City Spy: No fear of bankers being lured away

18.08.10
Oh dear. Angela Knight has been moaning again about how the supposed clampdown on bankers’ bonuses is hurting the UK economy... more

Tony Blair donation 'too late' says Iraq victim's mother

17.08.10
The mother of an Iraq War victim brands Tony Blair’s multimillion-pound donation to wounded soldiers as “too little too late"... more

Tony Blair could save £2.3m tax on British Legion donation

17.08.10
Tony Blair stands to become one of the biggest winners from tax reforms his government introduced more than a decade ago... more

Tony Blair gives £5m profits from memoirs to war wounded

16.08.10
Tony Blair is to donate all the profits from his memoirs to a new sports centre for badly injured soldiers to “honour their sacrifice"... more

Detectives launch murder hunt after body found in field

10.05.10
Death of a woman whose body was found in a field in the middle of the night is being treated as murder, police said... more

Recovery units to help get troops back to Afghanistan

11.02.10
An initiative has been launched to speed up the treatment of wounded soldiers to boost the number of troops able to be deployed to Afghanistan... more

Soldiers died stopping suicide bomb attack at busy market

17.12.09
Two British soldiers died trying to stop Taliban suicide bombers from blowing up a packed marketplace, their commanding officer reveal... more

Sound check: Jamie Cullum joins the super buskers

27.11.09
Jazz dynamo Cullum is one of the stars taking to the streets of London for charity.... more

Dame Vera begins Poppy Appeal for Afghan troops

22.10.09
Dame Vera Lynn and Hayley Westenra were launching this year's Poppy Appeal in London... more

Met rebels win battle to wear £1 flag badges backing troops

29.07.09
Scotland Yard has been forced into a U-turn after officers revolted against a ban on wearing Union flag badges in support of British troops... more

Prince Charles joins widow's farewell to Helmand hero

16.07.09
Widow of Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe was joined by the Prince Charles as her husband was given a full military funeral at the Guards Chapel in St James’s... more

Mayor launches free travel passes for war veterans

07.11.08
A new scheme to allow war veterans to travel free on public transport in London has been launched by Boris Johnson.... more

Gamingking slots into Orb Holdings

02.09.08
Private clubs lottery supplier Gamingking has agreed a reverse takeover of the country’s second largest supplier of fruit machines and snooker tables to pubs... more

Alan Sugar saved my life

08.05.08
A father-of-two tells of his miraculous escape from a gas blast that left at least one man dead and destroyed three houses... more

Police chief moves home to escape yobs on his wall

21.02.08
A police chief has admitted he was forced to move house by youths lurking outside his home... more


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