The Ministry of Defence will announce later that it is awarding £350m in contracts to design the next generation of nuclear armed submarines.

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Trident contracts to be unveiled

An overnight curfew was imposed around the defence ministry in the Egyptian capital Cairo, after violent clashes there on Friday.

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Curfew imposed after Egypt unrest

Two British soldiers, from The Royal Logistic Corps, have been killed in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.

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Two soldiers die in Afghanistan

A soldier from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards serving in Afghanistan dies from a gunshot wound, the Ministry of Defence says.

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Soldier shot dead in Afghanistan

The UK will fund Afghan security forces after British combat operations in the country cease in 2014, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has said.

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UK Afghan funding ‘beyond 2014′

A British soldier dies from his injuries following a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan last week, the Ministry of Defence says.

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UK soldier dies from Afghan blast

A fleet of RAF surveillance planes is grounded after a fault was discovered on one aircraft, the Ministry of Defence confirms.

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Fault grounds surveillance planes

A loud bang which sparked a deluge of calls to emergency services across a large part of England was a sonic boom from a Typhoon aircraft, the Ministry of Defence says.

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Loud bang was Typhoon sonic boom

Sweden’s Defence Minister Sten Tolgfors resigns after facing criticism for a secret plan to help Saudi Arabia build weapons.

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Swedish MP quits over Saudi deal

A man accused of beating to death a Pembrokeshire woman begins giving evidence in his defence.

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OAP murder accused gives evidence

Two British service personnel have been killed in southern Afghanistan by a gunman wearing an Afghan army uniform, the defence secretary says.

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UK troops killed in Afghanistan

A £350m contract to refit and refuel a Royal Navy nuclear missile submarine could safeguard 2,000 jobs, the defence secretary is to announce.

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Submarine deal ‘saves 2,000 jobs’

The Defence Select Committee says its visit to the Falklands was agreed in late 2011, but is not a response to a recent escalation of tensions with Argentina over the islands’ future.

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MPs visit Falklands amid tensions

Prince Harry has qualified as an Apache helicopter pilot after 18 months of rigorous training in the UK and the US, the Ministry of Defence says.

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Prince qualifies as Apache pilot

The government spent more than £400,000 on sending celebrities to visit soldiers in Afghanistan last year, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) says.

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Celebrity Afghan trips cost £400k