British Isles
Wheelchair services 'are failing'
One of Great Britain's Paralympians has said that wheelchair services across England are failing on every level. There are 1.2 million wheelchair users across the UK. Some wait years for the right wheelchair (an ill-fitting chair…
Ministry of Defence
In recent years, defence has fallen low on the list of national priorities. While other government departments have ring-fenced budgets, that of the MoD is completely unprotected. On Monday Lord Richards, a former chief of the…
Violent 12 July loyal order parades across Northern Ireland
More than 3,000 police officers were on duty at Orange Order parades across Northern Ireland on Monday. Nearly half of them were members of public order units, commonly referred to as riot police, and deployed to…
SAS - Welsh hike 'should have ended sooner'
An SAS selection march in which three reservists died should have been called off hours before the first man was found, a coroner said on Tuesday. L/Cpl Craig Roberts died of multiple organ failure as a…
