First steel cut for Royal Navy Type 31 programme

Steel was today cut for HMS Venturer, the first vessel of the Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigates that will be at the centre of its surface fleet.




Veteran suicide figures to be recorded for the first time

A new method for recording veteran suicides in England and Wales has been announced today by the government.




Hundreds of military personnel deploy to support Scotland’s Covid-19 response

225 Armed Forces personnel will be deployed to support the Scottish Ambulance Service in the fight against COVID-19 from Saturday.




MPs gain insight into Defence Academy

Members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords have been welcomed to the Defence Academy this week to gain valuable insight into armed forces life.




DM Kineton new, safer access and main entrance completed

The MOD’s Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has completed construction on a new, safer entrance at DM Kineton.