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OPINION - The Strategic Defence Review marks a step change but raises questions more than answers

Most pertinent questions are over money, people, and time, our Defence Editor Robert Fox writes

Evening Standard

‘We have no plans to attack Britain,' say Russia’s London diplomats as defence review lays out Putin threats

The Strategic Defence Review mentions Russia 33 times and tells of the ‘immediate and pressing threat’ posed by Putin’s regime

Evening Standard

Putin threat of biological attack on UK streets: Novichok poisonings in Salisbury were 'wake-up call'

The Novichok poisonings in Salisbury were a “wake-up call” to the threat from Vladimir Putin’s Russia of a chemical or biological attack on Britain’s streets, says Defence Secretary John Healey.

Evening Standard

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New defence plans could lead to ‘significant cuts’ in other areas, MPs warn

John Healey said the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) is ‘not about cuts’, amid concerns the plans will be funded at the expense of existing programmes.

Evening Standard

Growing threats, new weapons, more troops: key points of UK’s defence review

Review says UK must be ready to ‘fight and win’ a full-scale war. Here is a summary of its recommendations

The Guardian - UK

AI, drones and missile defence investment part of UK new defence plans

The SDR marks the ‘most profound change for about 150 years in how you think about armies, navies and air force,’ one of the authors suggested.

Evening Standard

Will Starmer’s defence review actually solve any problems?

ANALYSIS: The key question hanging over Starmer’s defence review is whether or not it will be ambitious enough to address the years of chronic underfunding that have left Britain struggling to defend itself, writes Millie Cooke

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UK to build weapons plants and buy thousands of missiles in £6bn rearmament drive

The Government has pledged £1.5 billion as part of the strategic defence review into at least six munitions and energetics factories.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Keir Starmer is planning the biggest shake-up of defence for fifty years — to Trump-proof Britain

The government’s new defence review will be announced on Monday by Keir Starmer on low expectation – but it is likely to be the most far reaching reform of the way Britain manages its defences for half a century.

Evening Standard

UK to launch new 'Home Guard' to protect power plants and airports amid rising global threats

The UK may see a return of the famous WW2 fighting force to combat attacks on important domestic facilities

Evening Standard

Tiger Woods’ Sun Day Red debuts first pair of golf shoes 40 million steps in the making

Check out the new shoes from Tiger Woods' Sun Day Red, the Pioneer Cypress golf shoe.

USA Today Sports Media Group

‘Black day’ for Royal Marines – MPs react to decommissioning of Navy ships

Defence Secretary John Healey said two former Royal Navy flagships, a frigate and two support tankers will be decommissioned.

The Independent UK

Tiger Woods’ brand logo at centre of fierce trademark dispute

Sun Day Red is accused of ‘unlawfully hijacking’ another logo.

Creative Bloq

Research reveals landmark County Durham railway coal drops were a 'world first'

New research has been carried out at Shildon on the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR), which opened in 1825 as the world’s first steam-hauled public railway

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