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Army failures blamed for death of "selfless" Edinburgh paratrooper »

The inquest into the death of Edinburgh paratrooper Mark Wright, who was posthumously awarded a George Cross for bravery, has found that significant failures on the part of the British army contributed to the 27 year-old's death in an Afghan minefield ...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Scots troops to spearhead Afghan offensive »

Reports of an impending redeployment of Scottish troops to Afghanistan next April have raised concerns over reduced leave causing fatigue amongst Britain's hardest working soldiers. According to the sources, 1,500 soldiers from the Royal Scots Borde...

Fri 03 Oct 2008 by John Geddie | Read more »

London student unions push to ban military presence on campus »

University College London Union (UCLU) has followed the London School of Economics (LSE) and Goldsmiths College student unions in attempting to ban any military presence on campus.UCLU has attacked the government for waging "aggressive wars overse...

Wed 26 Mar 2008 by Sarah Clark | Read more »