All news by author: Sean Rayment

CHARITIES are spending thousands of pounds a year keeping retired SAS and SBS dogs alive.The groups had to step in to cover the medical costs of the s

HUNDREDS of prison officers are failing annual fitness tests which ensure they are in shape to tackle criminals, The Sun on Sunday can reveal.They get

THE MoD has almost as many civil servants as there are soldiers, official figures show.The Army has 73,150 troops and there are 70,839 penpushers.Acco

MORE than 80 prison staff have been sacked or ­reprimanded since 2013 for having affairs with inmates, statistics show.Ministry of Justice figures re

THE number of female troops claiming they were raped by colleagues has more than doubled in three years, defence chiefs say.Sixty military police inve

The Government department splurged on new wallpaper and carpets when Ben Wallace MP held the post in 2022 before being replaced by Grant Shapps in August last year

DEFENCE chiefs have shelled out £160million in compensation to troops who have complained about cold feet.Thousands have sued after developing trench

The 90-year-old MI5 spy known only to the public as 'Barbara' has finally put down her trench coat after a half-century, having joined the service at the height of the Cold War

A ROCKET launcher is among an arsenal of weapons stolen from the military.The device, which could destroy a tank, has not been seen since 2020.It was

Trainee officer's court martial for alleged rape on the grounds of the elite military school Sandhurst follows revelations of another top cadet facing trial for sexual assault

Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Lovell was arrested after a party at HMS Sultan in July 2022 following a complaint - he was charged with sexual assault and 'misconduct through alcohol'

THE family of a war veteran who served in the Army for over 34-years claims he has been “abandoned” by defence chiefs after being diagnosed with a

Other military personnel are also taking second jobs alongside their military duties to help them pay bills, working as delivery drivers and in McDonald's at weekends

MORE than 260 Army training instructors have been disciplined for offences including abusing recruits.Teenage incomers complained of being kicked, pun

DEFENCE chiefs face an embarrassing U-turn after spending £1.3million building 160 gender-neutral toilets.Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch said such

A total of 197 troops serving in the SAS, the SBS, the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, Special Forces Support Group and on nuclear submarines tested positive for Class A drugs like cocaine since 2012

The annual Ministry of Defence report found almost 21,000 went to their GP or the armed forces last year with depression, anxiety, PTSD or other psychological issues

MORE than 1,000 British troops have been diagnosed with autism, Asperger’s syndrome and ADHD while serving.At least 37 have been medically discharge

THE head of the Army has says he wants more buccaneers, mavericks and pirates to join up.Gen Sir Patrick Sanders, Chief of the General Staff, said the

The deal to use 'international instructors' was agreed a fortnight ago in a desperate bid to tackle a backlog of student pilots, who are facing waits of up to a year for training slots

Andrea Albutt, president of the Prison Governors Association, is calling for the Government to 'be brave' and let lags out early. There are only 900 places left in jails across England and Wales

NAUGHTY commuters left more than 250 sex toys on public transport.Vibrators and other sex aids were handed in to lost property from 2014 to 2022 — w

As many as 120 SAS and a company of paratroopers are reportedly ready to extract UK citizens and embassy staff from the increasingly unstable north-african country

Jamal Barack was 18 when he was shot in the arm and chest during an ambush on the Army’s Scots Guards in Helmand Province. He has been waiting for compensation for 13 years

The captain of one of the ships attacked during the Falklands War Bluff Cove disaster in 1982 has hit out at claims made in a new book by a former Welsh Guards officer who survived the air raid