Deborah Haynes

There is a growing risk that Russia could attack the UK, and the nation's "sons and daughters" need to be ready to fight, the head of Britain's armed forces has said. In an extraordinarily blunt intervention, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton warned ... See more

There is a growing risk that Russia will attack the UK, and the nation's "sons and daughters" need to be ready to fight, the head of Britian's armed forces has said. In an extraordinarily blunt intervention, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton warned t... See more

Russia is trying to "bully, fearmonger and manipulate" the UK and its allies with attacks under the threshold of all-out war, the new head of MI6 has said. Blaise Metreweli, the first female chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), said Britain was... See more

The whole of the UK - not just its armed forces - needs to step up to deter the threat posed by Russia of a wider war in Europe, Britain's military chief will say. In the kind of nation-wide call to action that has not been heard since the height of the C... See more

The UK is "rapidly developing" plans to prepare the whole country for the possible outbreak of war, the armed forces minister has said. Underlining the role civilians would have to play in a major conflict, Al Carns said armies, navies and air forces resp... See more