The decision to allow women to join front-line Army fighting units has been described as a “failed exercise in political correctness” after government figures revealed that only 10 female recruits started infantry and Royal Armoured Corps basic training last year. Just 15 female recruits completed basic training for either infantry or tank units between January...
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From the fashion designer who set up her own clothes business, to the thousands left homeless and struggling to find jobs: As the world marks two years since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the refugees who started a new life in Britain
Ukrainian refugees have told MailOnline their stories of starting a new life in Britain, with some thriving after setting up their own businesses but others struggling to find jobs and housing. Today marks two years since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022 – prompting more than 200,000 Ukrainians to flee to Britain in the face...
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British nuclear submarine missile MISFIRES and ‘plops’ into the ocean as Defence Secretary watches on in latest naval embarrassment
Britain has botched another nuclear submarine test after a Trident missile ‘dramatically misfired’ and crashed into the ocean, it has emerged. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed an ‘anomaly occurred’ during an exercise that took place on January 30 onboard the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Vanguard. The Trident 2 successfully ‘left the submarine’, but its...
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Prime Minister’s wife wears suit by Samantha Cameron to back British design at London Fashion Week
It comes three months after David Cameron was parachuted in to bolster Rishi Sunak’s Government with his surprise appointment as Foreign Secretary and elevation to the House of Lords. Shortly before his return to government, Lord Cameron invested £100,000 in his wife’s label, which has also been worn by the Princess of Wales and Holly...
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FBI director warns China’s computer attacks are now at a ‘scale greater than we’d seen before’ as vulnerable critical infrastructure remains at high-risk to be targeted
China‘s cyber attacks have grown to a ‘scale greater than we’d seen before’, the FBI director has advised amid fears that US infrastructure is under threat. Christopher Wray gave the grave warning as intelligence chiefs and politicians met at the Munich annual security conference on Sunday, according to the Wall Street Journal. The wars raging...
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Greeks get shirty over British Museum’s Elgin Marbles fashion show
She added that the phot shoot at the Acropolis, of a collection “inspired by ancient Greece” and made in collaboration with Greek artists, took place while the landmark was closed and the models were photographed “motionless, just like statues”. “The fashion show at the British Museum was held in the Duveen Gallery, in an enclosed...