Britain's Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth denied today that UK forces in Afghanistan are ill-equipped and said “real progress” is being made there.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband today defended his government's strategy in Aghanistan amid public outcry over troop deaths, saying the campaign was designed to make the UK safer.

The British Ministry of Defence conceded there were grounds for an inquiry into the deaths of up to 20 Iraqis whose relatives say they were tortured and killed by British troops in 2004.

A missing British Ministry of Defence computer hard drive may contain personal details of as many as 1.7 million people who have inquired about joining the armed forces, it was revealed today.

The political progress that has been achieved in the North would not have been occurred without the British Army, a senior unionist claimed today.

The British military is being stretched by its involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth conceded today.

Hundreds of Jaguar workers from across Britain joined union leaders and politicians today to protest at plans to end car production at the luxury car maker’s historic home.

Union leaders are planning to hold an emergency meeting with the Jaguar workforce in Coventry this week to discuss closure of the assembly line.

BRITAIN'S immigration minister Beverley Hughes resigned yesterday after admitting she had been tipped off about a suspected east European visa scam more than a year ago.