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Ambulance queues outside the Royal London Hospital earlier this week (Yui Mok/PA)

UK faces ‘difficult new year’ with pressure mounting on the NHS

January 1, 2021

The MoD said 1,500 military personnel would be deployed to ensure that testing systems were up and running (PA)

Armed forces to help support Covid-19 testing operations for students in England

December 29, 2020

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top aide Dominic Cummings has left Number 10 but continues to work from home (Yui Mok/PA)

Defence Secretary hails Cummings support for armed forces settlement

November 24, 2020

The Prime Minister is expected to announce more money for the armed forces on Thursday (LPhot Phil Bloor/MOD/Crown Copyright)

PM vows to ‘end era of retreat’ with biggest military investment since Cold War

November 19, 2020

Boris Johnson is promising the biggest investment in the UK’s armed forces since the Cold War (SAC Charlotte Hopkins/MoD/PA

Johnson promises biggest investment in the military since Cold War

November 18, 2020

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace (right) during a visit to the Covid testing centre at Liverpool Exhibition Centre (Peter Byrne/PA)

Liverpool coronavirus mass-testing pilot finds 700 cases, epidemiologist says

November 16, 2020

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace during a visit to the Covid-19 testing centre at Liverpool Exhibition Centre (Peter Byrne/PA)

Liverpool coronavirus mass-testing pilot ‘going in right direction’

November 16, 2020

Lewis Hamilton celebrates with his dog Roscoe after winning the Turkish Grand Prix to secure a record-equalling seventh World Drivers’ Championship title.

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Nico Rosberg says Lewis Hamilton’s seven titles among ‘greatest’ sporting feats

November 15, 2020

People are being encouraged to take part in Remembrance Sunday commemorations at home due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (Luciana Guerra/PA)

Nation to fall silent for Remembrance Sunday

November 8, 2020

Seven people have been detained on the Nave Andromeda (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Seven Nigerian stowaways held after special services storm oil tanker

October 26, 2020

The Nave Andromeda oil tanker off the coast of the Isle of Wight (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Armed forces storm oil tanker and detain stowaways after ‘hijacking’

October 26, 2020