She and her pro partner Gorka Marquez narrowly avoided being booted off Strictly Come Dancing over the weekend after a shock dance-off against Max George. But Maisie Smith soldiered on on Monday, turning up for another week’s rehearsals ahead of Saturday’s live show. The EastEnders star, 19, looked a little sheepish as she strolled into … Read more
Covid regiment troops ‘held lockdown drugs bash at barracks’: Military police probe 21 soldiers over illegal bonfire night party while their comrades helped mass-testing drive in Liverpool Military Police are probing party in Catterick Garrison on Thursday night At least 21 soldiers are thought to have taken part in the outlawed bash Camp was locked … Read more
British soldier who was decorated for saving his comrades’ lives by lobbing Taliban explosive from Helmand ditch is forced to deny it was his OWN grenade as he’s set to fetch £120,000 from sale of his seven medals Deacon Cutterham, 37, is this week selling off his Conspicuous Gallantry Cross He is auctioning the accolade … Read more
A moving display of 200 life-size soldiers has been erected on the lawn at Blenheim Palace to mark Remembrance Sunday. Standing with Giants, made from recycled materials by local artist Dan Barton, stand among 75 poppy wreaths in memory of those who gave their lives in the two world wars. The moving statues stand at 6ft and are … Read more
A haunting display of silhouettes of fallen soldiers has been erected on a village green where men were enlisted in a poignant act of Remembrance. The black-painted 4ft tall plywood cut outs of 41 soldiers represent all the men from Haughley, near Stowmarket, Suffolk, who died in World War One and World War Two serving … Read more
New claims Aussie special forces soldiers ‘gloated about torturing and slitting the throats of Afghan civilians and prisoners’ Confidential report revealed covering up of ‘blood lust’ from Australian soldiers Report details the conduct of soldiers in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2015 Some soldiers ‘gloated’ about illegal killings of unarmed civilians and prisoners By Andrew Prentice … Read more
The Iron Curtain falls: Moment ‘drunk’ Russian soldiers smash tank through metal fence of Volgograd airport after racing along roads at 55mph… before driver and crew mate are ‘detained’ Corporal Alexander Zherebtsov, 29 was driving the tank at at 55 mph He narrowly missed a house in Gumrak and smashed through a pile of chopped firewood … Read more
Vandals decapitate statue commemorating all the soldiers killed in First World War as police launch investigation Statue, which was standing in Watford, Hertfordshire, was discovered yesterday Resident Paul Johnson was shocked when he came across decapitated statue He said: ‘It’s disgraceful. I just could not believe what I saw to be honest’ By Harry Howard … Read more
At least 11 soldiers are killed and 11 more are missing as landslide obliterates army barracks in Vietnam – the country’s worst peacetime military loss Vietnamese government says 22 soldiers were buried under mud in landslide Eleven soldiers have died and a frantic search is now under way for 11 others Heavy rain has pounded … Read more
The Prince of Wales thanked secret service staff on both sides of the Atlantic for their work as he visited the top-secret US spy base RAF Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire today. Prince Charles, 71, travelled to the communications and intelligence site near Harrogate, which for the last 60 years has been used by personnel from … Read more