British Army

Brigadier John M Macfarlane served as Chieftain of the Gaelic Society of Inverness

Obituaries: John M Macfarlane, Army Officer and 1745 Association stalwart

The Red Arrows take part in the fly past as they fly over The Mall after the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in London.

Stunning footage emerges of cockpit view of Red Arrows coronation flypast

The coronation flypast could be cancelled due to bad weather

Coronation flypast given green light following weather concerns

A general view of Melrose during the Sevens.

Melrose Sevens 2023: Monaco Impi's are surprise winners at Greenyards

Eleven were killed and dozens injured when a bomb exploded just before a Remembrance Day ceremony in Enniskillen in 1987 (Picture: PA)

Myths about the Troubles risk history repeating itself – Brian Wilson

Captain Preet Chandi as she makes history for a second time after breaking another record during her second solo expedition to Antarctica. Photo: Preet Chandi /PA Wire

'Polar Preet' makes furthest unsupported solo polar ski expedition in history

Ambulance workers have voted to strike over pay

Scottish Government warned it cannot use British Army 'as a crutch'

Health secretary Humza Yousaf as he attends the launch the Right Care, Right Place awareness campaign during a visit to Bangholm Medical Centre in Edinburgh. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Calls to reintroduce 'pandemic-style' measures like mask wearing to save NHS

Soldiers of The Queen’s Company of the Grenadier Guards carry the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II Funeral: why they are bearers of the Queen’s coffin

Fife-based John Miskelly with his dog Bramble alongside team member Emma Dryburgh and her dog Dougal
John leads a specialist dog team which finds dead bodies and is on standby to help in Ukraine

Scottish cadaver dog will search for bodies in Ukraine

Dame Kelly Holmes has announced that she is gay, saying she "needed to do this now"

Dame Kelly Holmes spent 28 years fearing she would be outed

'I will guide the company as it moves up a gear,' says Mr Deakin - who says he is passionate about combatting climate change. Picture: contributed.

Logan Energy signs up ex-NATO official to spearhead net-zero ambitions

Undated family handout photo issued by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) of Shaun Pinner, as the family of the former British Army soldier allegedly captured by Russian forces while fighting in the Ukrainian resistance have called on his captors to treat him as a prisoner of war in accordance with international rules. Issue date: Monday April 18, 2022.

Family of Briton ‘captured by Russians in Ukraine’ want PoW rules applied

The British Army team celebrates their win at the 2022 Melrose Sevens.

Melrose Sevens: Long day of fun but diminished status begs big question

Marines from 45 Commando carry out welfare checks in Lumphanan, after Storm Arwen left many people without power (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

UK's Armed Forces are knitted into the very fabric of Scotland – Alister Jack MP

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace outlined the Future Soldier reforms to the armed forces, saying they will lead to “an Army that benefits the whole of our union”.

SNP condemns creation of Union Division as part of Army overhaul

The British Army is encouraging more women to apply for all roles.

British Army wants to recruit more women

Group Captain Chris Layden and Wing Commander James Hanson, in front of a submarine-hunting Poseidon MRA1 plane at RAF Lossiemouth (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

How Scotland plays vital part in UK's stand against tyranny – Alister Jack MP

Roddy Gow OBE, Chairman, Asia Scotland Institute

Fears that Afghanistan could slip into anarchy and civil war - Roddy Gow

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been accused of breaking his promise to protect the armed forces, amid reports that a major overhaul of the army could see troop numbers cut by around 10,000. (Photo by Peter Morrison - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

UK Government plans to cut 10,000 troops condemned as ‘reckless’

Army to be cut by 10,000 soldiers - but experts fear it could leave UK vulnerable (Photo: Shutterstock)

Army to be cut by 10,000 soldiers - but experts fear it could leave UK vulnerabl...

Nadhim Zahawi, Minister for COVID Vaccine Deployment (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Column: Nadhim Zahawi on ‘extraordinary achievement’ of UK's vaccine programme

(Photo: CARL COURT/AFP via Getty Images)

An Aberdeen student has been banned for saying Rule 'Britannia' during a debate

EICC Vaccination Centre.

Edinburgh and Lothians vaccination rate is no longer lagging behind

Nearly 100 soldiers, mainly from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, are being deployed by the British Army to help set up 80 new vaccination centres across Scotland

Army to set up 80 Covid vaccine centres in Scotland

The data collected to make the image will be used to monitor coastal erosion around the historic landmark. PIC: HES.

Battle to save anti-Jacobite fort from very modern threat

The Battle of Culloden as depicted by Swiss painter David Morier, who was paid a pension by the Duke of Cumberland, the commander of the British Army at the battle. PIC: Creative Commons.

The Jacobites: 'Don't let romanticism obscure the threat they posed'

Starring alongside Heughan is Australian actress Ruby Rose (Photo: Altitude Film Entertainment)

Sam Heughan to star in new action film SAS: Red Notice

A F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp refuels from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland. Pictures: Leon Neal.

US and RAF planes refuel in flight during Joint Warrior exercise

In the past Chinooks have been spotted landing on Inchkeith

This is everything you need to know about 'Joint Warrior' - the military exercis...

Enduro Fit Studio will occupy around 9,000 square feet over two floors at Maxim 3. Picture: contributed.

Ex-soldier launching fitness studio at M8 site

A soldier from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards wearing a face mask during Exercise Solway Eagle

Socially-distanced Scots soldiers training in coronavirus bubbles

Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the unveiling of the Conservative Party battlebus during the 2019 general election

UK faces four potentially catastrophic threats this winter – leader comment

Some locals are fiercely protective of Robert Baden-Powell's statue (Getty Images0

Who was Robert Baden-Powell?

The Battle of Glenshiel 1719 by Peter Tillemans. National Galleries of Scotland, purchased with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 1984

New light shed on 'nervous' British Army after Jacobite clash

A re-enactment of a Highland charge for a short film about the battle of Culloden (Picture: Phil Wilkinson)

The lesson of Culloden for modern Scottish politics – Kenny MacAskill

Memorial cairn at the battlefield of Culloden near Inverness (Picture: Getty)

Why the emphasis on British Army at Culloden? – Letters

The memorial cairn at Culloden Battlefield. British Forces continued to occupy Scotland on a large scale after their victory in order to punish the 'common people'. PIC. Jane Barlow/PA.

Murray Pittock: The British Army and the 'long shadow' cast by Culloden

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Captain Tom Moore has been made an honorary colonel by the Queen to mark his 100th birthday (Photo: Getty/Capture the Light Photography)

NHS fundraiser Captain Tom is made a colonel on his 100th birthday - here are th...

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said five of the testing pods would begin work this week, and a further eight would follow in the coming weeks.

Military to man mobile testing units at Scottish care homes

BT Murrayfield is still at the Scottish Government's disposal should it be needed.

BT Murrayfield in 'state of readiness' if extra hospital capacity needed

There are serious concerns over the future integrity of Culloden Battlefield given proposed housing developments for land that falls within the historic boundary of the site, where the Jacobites clashed with the British Army on April 16, 1746.

Culloden boss speaks of 'spiritual place' as new plan emerges to protect battlef...

The Battle of Culloden was fought on April 16, 1747. The brutal toe-to-toe encounter was over in just an hour. PIC: Creative Commons.

24 hours to Culloden: The final countdown to battle

The 274th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden will be marked tomorrow, April 16.

Culloden: Rare collection of Gaelic songs written around time of battle released...

A general view of the Albion Car Park at Ibrox

Rangers in coronavirus gesture to NHS, police, and army

New British Army recruitment posters target ‘snowflakes’ and ‘me me me millennia...

Analysis: Forget strategic requirements – this is all about the money

Army hero who died protecting children from elephant awarded bravery accolade

Burma spitfires to be dug up and flown home

SNP’s Young ‘no conscientious objector’

Analysis: Time is on the side of the guerillas in Assad’s Stalingrad

Independent Scotland ‘will have to start from scratch’

Falklands War was ‘nearly a disaster’

Sinn Fein backs pardons for Irish who joined British Army

Argylls in line to become TA reserve unit

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As of March 31, 7,849 Scots had been waiting over two years for inpatient, outpatient or day care treatment from NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland's waiting times 'demonstrably worse' than south of the border

Glasgow's low emission zone is bounded by the M8, River Clyde and High Street/Saltmarket. Picture: John Devlin

All you need to know about driving into Glasgow's new low emission zone

Union chiefs have demanded action over reports of violence

Airport check-in staff assaulted and abused by ‘thuggish’ passengers – GMB union