So wrote Lt Mark Evison just before he was fatally wounded in Afghanistan. But did the shortages he was decrying contribute to his own killing, asks Ross Lydall... more
The most senior British Army officer to be killed since the Falklands was travelling in the lead vehicle of a routine patrol in Afghanistan when it struck an improvised explosive device, an inquest hears... more
The transcript of a conversation between the Prime Minister and the mother of a soldier who died in Afghanistan has driven the Government's failures to equip troops adequately to the top of the political agenda... more
Society may find the mounting losses impossible to bear; the soldiers themselves grit their teeth and get on with the job – as long as they know why they are there... more
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
Hundreds of mourners lined the streets in the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett today as the coffins of five British soldiers who have died in Afghanistan in the past week were driven past... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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