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Council sells off former Ministry of Defence site for housing

The sale was approved by councillors with plans for 249 homes

Liverpool Echo

You can get paid to try new ice cream flavours - and other apprenticeships you didn't know existed

Other little-known roles include training to be a nuclear submarine engineer for the Ministry of Defence

Wales Online

Former Ministry of Defence site to be sold for major housing scheme

The site was previously used to store oil

Liverpool Echo

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Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin visits Crimea to mark anniversary of annexation – as it happened

Russia seized Crimea in 2014, eight years before launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Ofcom approves 5G mmWave, but what are its benefits?

As 5G rollouts continue across the world, regulators are seeking to auction new, high-frequency spectrums classified as millimetre-wave (mmWave). After much consideration, Ofcom has ruled in 2023 it will make mmWave spectrum available across the UK to improve data capacity and speeds, and boost innovation across various industries. SEE MORE…

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Vladimir Putin suffering 'extremely heavy casualties' in Bakhmut 'killing zone'

Tensions between the Russian ministry of defence and the rebel Wagner group over the city of Bakhmut have reached to “boiling point” as some 520 Russian troops were reported killed in Bakhmut in one day’s fighting

Daily Mirror

Nuked blood: now ministers refuse to tell families why they can't see evidence

The Ministry of Defence holds the results of Cold War blood tests, but won't share it with veterans

Daily Mirror

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Zelensky orders more troops to ‘help the guys’ defend Bakhmut against Russian onslaught

Ukraine’s military chiefs push to ‘reinforce, not withdraw’ as Russia suffers heavy losses

Evening Standard

UK ammunition reserves fall to ‘dangerously low’ levels due to supply to Ukraine, say MPs

Commons Defence Committee called for a plan to rebuild depleting supplies

The Independent UK

UK ammunition stockpile ‘dangerously low’ because of Ukraine war, say MPs

The Commons Defence Committee called for a plan to rebuild supplies.

The Independent UK

Russia forced to use 60-year-old tanks because of heavy losses, says UK

A Ministry of Defence intellgence update said Russia had taken 800 T-62 main battle tanks (MBTs), first introduced in 1961, out of storage ‘to make up for previous losses’

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 376 of the invasion

Russian troops continue attempts to surround Bakhmut; Ukrainian special forces destroy Russian observation tower in Bryansk

The Guardian - AU

Ministry of Defence issue update after loud sonic boom heard across East Midlands

A military jet was called to offer assistance to a civilian aircraft

Nottingham Post

Ex-marine awarded £700,000 after suing Ministry of Defence over hearing loss

James Barry claimed he suffered hearing loss and tinnitus due to exposure to noise during his service

Evening Standard

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France holds largest-ever military drills amid bloody backdrop of Ukraine war

France is staging its biggest military exercises to date – an operation involving 12,000 troops including NATO allies. The first leg of the Orion 2023 war games started on 23 February and will last until 11 March. The drills come one year after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Russia has run down its supply of drones used in Ukraine invasion, say UK defence chiefs

Ministry of Defence suggests reduction in number of strikes indicates Russia has likely run down its stock

The Independent UK

Ukraine war in numbers: Shocking figures that define year of brutal conflict

Ukraine – a year of war: From deaths on the battlefield to refugees, the terrible toll of 12 months of fighting

The Guardian - UK

Dame Angela McLean to be UK’s first female chief scientific adviser

Professor of mathematical biology to succeed Sir Patrick Vallance after advising MoD and working with Sage during pandemic

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Evening Standard

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has failed, Ministry of Defence says

Russian troops are ‘not where they likely hoped to be’, an update on Friday afternoon

Birmingham Post

Defence tech specialist Leonardo's ambition to grow new North East base

The global operator has hinted that Newcastle could be home to more jobs in the future

Reuters

Afghan journalists win case against UK government over relocation

Eight Afghan journalists who worked for the BBC broadcaster won a legal challenge on Monday against Britain's refusal to relocate them from Afghanistan, which they said put them at high risk of being killed by the Taliban rulers.

The Independent UK

‘Peacetime’ defence budget not fit for new era of insecurity, warns Ellwood

Defence Select Committee chairman Tobias Ellwood said the Government was in denial about the scale of the challenge.

Daily Mirror

Fears UK military 'too small to fight Russia' as Germany asked to lead combat force

Ministry of Defence sources suggest that Britain's military is not able to spare the 5,000 personnel needed to comprise a 'rapid-reaction force' tasked with repelling any potential Russian advance on NATO territory

Birmingham Post

Former HMRC chief appointed as seventh HS2 chairman

Sir Jonathan Thompson was also the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence and will now lead the high-speed rail project as it continues to battle rising costs and negative headlines

Evening Standard

Man who confronted police with knife on Horse Guards Parade jailed

A man who attempted to attack Ministry of Defence police officers with a knife on Horse Guards Parade has been jailed.

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