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SAS Sniper Must Face Retrial

PA | Posted 13.03.2013 | UK

An SAS sniper has won an appeal against convictions for illegally possessing a pistol and ammunition. Danny Nightingale, 38, of Crewe, Cheshire, wa...

Special Forces Facing 600 Job Losses

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.02.2013 | UK Politics

Britain's Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) is to lose 600 roles, prompting fears that it will hamper the fighting capability of elite units such as...

Building a Case for Evidence-Based Policy Making

Simon Dennis | Posted 11.02.2013 | UK Politics
Simon Dennis

Despite years of attempting to make policy more evidence-based, ministers and civil servants still feel that this is a great area of weakness in government today.

'It Feels Fantastic To Be Free'

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 30.11.2012 | UK

Danny Nightingale has said he is "very much" still proud to be part of the SAS as he paid tribute to his "hero" wife who led a campaign to free him fr...

SAS Sniper Danny Nightingale Freed After Appeal

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.11.2012 | UK

SAS sniper Danny Nightingale, who was jailed for illegally possessing a pistol and ammunition, today thanked "the world for being so kind" as he was f...

'I'm Struggling To Come To Terms With Everything That's Happened'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.11.2012 | UK

Jailed SAS sniper, Sgt Danny Nightingale, has spoken of his disbelief at being imprisoned in a heart-breaking letter to his wife and two daughters. ...

SAS Sniper Case Fails To Win Government Review

PA | Posted 20.11.2012 | UK

The case of an SAS sniper jailed for illegal possession of a weapon sparked a political split as attorney general Dominic Grieve turned down Philip Ha...

MP Determined To 'Get Justice' For Jailed SAS Man

PA | Posted 19.11.2012 | UK

An MP supporting an SAS sniper jailed for illegally possessing a gun said visiting the father-of-two had "filled him with determination" to get justic...

'Gaunt And Struggling'

PA | Posted 18.11.2012 | UK

An SAS sniper jailed for illegally possessing a gun has become "gaunt" and is "struggling with being locked up for 16 hours a day", his wife said toda...

'Compare This Case To Abu Qatada And See If It Is Fair'

PA | Posted 14.11.2012 | UK

Four high-profile former members of the SAS have joined the battle to free a special forces sniper jailed for possessing a firearm, claiming he is vic...

Invasion of the Silver Sidekicks: Communicating With the Senior Citizen

Simon Dennis | Posted 02.01.2013 | UK Politics
Simon Dennis

Whether it's shopping, working or paying bills, our daily lives are increasingly taking place online. Yet as things go digital, there's a risk that older people in Britain, like my dear mother, may get left behind.

SAS Soldier's 'Cover Up' Story About IRA Shootings

PA | Posted 16.03.2012 | UK

An SAS soldier manufactured an account of the shooting of two IRA members to cover up the use of excessive force, it was claimed at an inquest on Frid...

Up For Auction: Saddam Hussein's Bronze Buttock

PA | Posted 11.12.2011 | UK

A former SAS hero is selling a unique souvenir of the day Saddam Hussein's regime and statue were toppled - the Iraqi dictator's bronze buttock. ...

Secret Diaries Of The SAS Published

PA | Posted 24.11.2011 | UK

Secret records from the earliest days of the Special Air Service (SAS) carrying out daring attacks behind Nazi lines in north Africa and France have b...

Paul Vale

Police To Investigate Yvonne Fletcher's Murder In Libya

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Vale | Posted 30.10.2011 | UK

Negotiations are underway between Whitehall and Libya’s National Transitional Council to allow British police to travel to Tripoli to investigate th...

Telegraph: SAS Are Hunting For Gaddafi In Libya

Daily Telegraph | Daily Telegraph | Posted 24.10.2011 | UK

British special forces are on the ground in Libya helping to spearhead the hunt for Col Muammar Gaddafi, The Daily Telegraph can disclose....

To Kill Or Not To Kill That Is The Question

Clare Macnaughton | Posted 17.10.2011 | UK Politics
Clare Macnaughton

As an atheist, pacifist, feminist, omnivore mother and wife of a military Chinook pilot the morality of killing is something I have pondered often. Is...