OPPOSITION leader David Cameron declared himself ready to take power yesterday, in a rousing address to his Conservatives’ last annual conference before elections he is tipped to win.

Thousands of British people lined the streets today to watch the funeral procession of the last veteran of the First World War trenches.

THE bodies of three British soldiers killed in blasts in Afghanistan arrived back at a military base yesterday.

Tributes were being paid today to a senior British army officer killed in action in Afghanistan who was the highest-ranked British soldier to die since the Falklands war.

Britain's Prince Harry is to be withdrawn from Afghanistan after his security was compromised by international media, the Ministry of Defence confirmed today.

The head of the British Army during the invasion of Iraq has labelled post-war US policy “intellectually bankrupt”, it was reported today.

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

PRINCE HARRY will not deploy with his regiment to Iraq, the head of the British Army said last night.

Britain will recall its first batch of around 1,500 troops from Iraq in the next two to three months, army chief General Richard Dannatt said today.

The head of the British army today called for British troops to be withdrawn from Iraq “sometime soon”.

THE head of the British army last night called for troops to be withdrawn from Iraq “soon”.