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Prince Harry’s Invictus Games veterans are to support NHS workers battling the pandemic through a series of podcasts. Harry is patron of the Invictus Games Foundation which has collaborated with the NHS to provide guidance on supporting the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of medical workers and other staff during and after the pandemic. The … Read more
Boris Johnson should ‘knock heads together’ to push through law to save Northern Ireland veterans from threat of prosecution, says Mark Francois Mark Francois addressed Commons during reading of the Armed Forces Bill Said absence of even draft legislation added to ‘burning injustice’ felt by soldiers Last week was revealed another 12 veterans facing charges … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have donated lunch to a group of veterans volunteering in Los Angeles in honour of Martin Luther King Jr day today. Prince Harry, 36, and Meghan Markle, 39, are currently living in their $14 million Santa Barbara mansion with their eighteen-month-old son Archie, having stepped back from royal duty … Read more
Incredible photographs taken by an urban explorer have revealed the inside of an abandoned WWII club for Polish veterans which has stood untouched for decades in the centre of a busy Manchester town. The empty building full of ‘lost treasure’, in Stretford, Trafford, once served as the meeting place for the Manchester branch of the Polish Ex-Combatants … Read more
Two military veterans who faced spending Christmas on their own have agreed to form a Covid support bubble so they can enjoy the festivities together. Ian Thomas, 73, and Dougie Shelley, 95, from Southend, Essex, were both going to be by themselves on Christmas Day as neither have any family nearby. The Armed Forces charity SSFA … Read more
Trump’s Space Force is crowned Call of Duty champion after British and US soldiers from all services do virtual battle on best-selling video game US and British military teams competed in a Call of Duty competition on Friday Call of Duty Endowment Bowl was set up to help get veterans back in to work US … Read more
Retail veterans back calls for business rates relief for the High Street to be extended past April 2021 By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 9 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 9 December 2020 A dozen retail industry veterans have urged High Street business rates relief to be extended past April. … Read more
Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer faces resignation calls amid claims he breached ministerial code over suspected information leak He is accused of tipping off newspaper in bid to ‘bounce’ Defence Secretary Ben Wallace into backing plan to stop troops being hounded over misconduct claims According to sources, Mr Mercer leaked info to shore up support for … Read more
‘End this witch-hunt now’: Former soldier Lee Clegg, whose conviction for murder in Northern Ireland was quashed after he spent two years in prison, calls on veterans of the Troubles to be protected from alleged historic offences Lee Clegg was jailed over two teenagers deaths in 1993 at checkpoint in Belfast But he was released … Read more
MPs and former soldiers reacted with fury yesterday to Boris Johnson’s failure to bring in laws to protect Northern Ireland veterans from decades-old probes into the Troubles. Back in January, the Prime Minister promised to deal with ‘legacy issues’ within 100 days – but the Mail can reveal that plans for a new Bill have … Read more