MoD reportedly concedes cancer death of RAF pilot related to military service
MoD accepts death of Sqn Ldr Kai Macnaughton, who was exposed to toxic fumes as helicopter pilot, was ‘service related’, Times reports
June 2024
Other lives
Ken Souter obituary
King Charles and Rishi Sunak join veterans for 80th anniversary of D-day
May 2024
WWII aircraft grounded for D-day anniversary after fatal Spitfire crash
Houthis say at least 16 killed in UK and US strikes in Yemen
RAF grounds Spitfire fleet after death of pilot in Battle of Britain air display
‘Passionate, professional’ RAF pilot killed in Spitfire crash named as Mark Long
Pilot dies in Spitfire crash in field near RAF Coningsby base in Lincolnshire
Grant Shapps orders review into plane shortage before 80th D-day anniversary
UK given stark warning over ‘negligible’ air defence systems
About 270,000 UK forces records exposed to Chinese hackers
Other lives
Bob Body obituary
April 2024
Britain has no business intervening in the war in Gaza. So why did it defend Israel against Iran?
Simon Jenkins
Our leaders are too eager to revisit the UK’s one-time role as police officer to the world. This isn’t the way to do foreign affairs, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
US and UK forces help shoot down Iranian drones over Jordan, Syria and Iraq
US defence official says action is part of ‘ironclad commitment to Israel’s security’, with UK’s Royal Air Force also involved in regional operations
The G2 interview
In 1994, I was the last person sent to prison in the UK for being gay – and I’m still being punished today
For two years, David Bonney’s sexuality was investigated by his employer, the RAF. When he confessed, he was sent to solitary
March 2024
Abused, raped, ignored: how ‘invisible’ female British military veterans are fighting back
After years of being dismissed when reporting high levels of sexual violence in the UK armed forces, women’s voices are set to be heard
February 2024
UK 'not seeking confrontation': Grant Shapps informs MPs about strikes in Yemen – video
The defence secretary tells the House of Commons the UK is 'not seeking confrontation' with the Houthi movement, but that it will not hesitate to act again in self-defence
January 2024
Morality and reality: the key problems facing UK military recruiters
US-UK Houthi strikes: visual guide to the attack in Yemen
December 2023
‘It was a hunting ground’: women and sexual assault in the UK armed forces
Two years on from the government response to an inquiry into women’s lives in the forces, those who serve still face a culture of violent misogyny
