Lord Dannatt says up to 40,000 UK troops would be needed for such a mission and "we just haven't got that number available".

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Under UK law, it is now an offence to enter the country without permission. This is despite the UK being signatory to ...

Intrigue: Word of God will explore how a museum, designed to tell the story of the Bible, became embroiled in one of the ...

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Aid worker Simon Boas died in July 2024, aged 47, after gaining widespread acclaim for writing about coming to terms with his terminal diagnosis. People voted on BBC Radio 4's Feedback programme for ...

Episode 1 will be released on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 4 on 12th February. First launched in 2017, each series of Intrigue tells a true story in a gripping narrative style, pulling back the ...

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Nigel McCrery, the former police officer who created the popular TV series “Silent Witness” and “New Tricks”. Andrée Dumon, who rescued many allied service men during the Second World War by escorting ...