British Army

Benjamin Patel at home with members of his family

Veteran thanks mystery nurse who came to his aid when he crashed his motorbike

Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com. Hull FC’s Mitieli Vulikijapani runs in for a try.

Mitieli Vulikijapani signs new deal with Hull FC

Village of The Week. Strensall near York.

Village of the Week: Strensall was Yorkshire's military heart

Private Callum Stretton, who will appear on Soldier.

'This is a privileged insight into how we convert civilians into soldiers'

Dewsbury Town Hall,

Buildings in 'cloth capital' Dewsbury are listed in recognition of heritage

Earlier thsi year Jeremy Quin, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, announced that more than 11,000 civil servant jobs have been moved out of London to sites in the North West and Yorkshire.

Ministers urged to cut civil servant wage bill by moving more out of London

King Charles III

King Charles to receive Scottish crown jewels to mark coronation

King Charles

King Charles pays tribute to troops to mark Armed Forces Day 2023

National Horseracing College The Stables, Rossington Hall Doncaster. Colonel Stephen Padgett OBE Picture by Simon Hulme

Inside the jockey training school on the Rossington Hall estate in Yorkshire

The coronation flypast could be cancelled due to bad weather

Coronation flypast given green light following weather concerns

Catterick, in Mr Sunak’s constituency of Richmond, is home to the largest British Army garrison in the world.

Catterick Garrison to be used for housing asylum seekers, minister says

Elychia Watson playing for the Leeds Rhinos Women team. (Pic credit: Elychia Watson)

Leeds Rhinos Women player says women’s rugby is ‘evolving massively’

Folk musician Stan Graham

Yorkshire folk musician on struggle with trigger finger

Leeds armistice day at Victoria Gardens. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

Armistice Day is an important reminder of our freedoms - The YP says

Sheila Pantin, a retired teacher, is now 98 and living in Harrogate

Yorkshire WW2 veteran shares memories of driving ambulances and meeting Queen

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

Members of the Grenadier Guards march down the High Street in Windsor following an early morning rehearsal for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, ahead of her funeral on Monday. Picture date: Saturday September 17, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story DEATH Queen. Photo credit should read: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Regiments from Yorkshire to take part in the Queen's funeral procession

The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex pay their respects as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown placed on top, lies on the catafalque and will lie in state ahead of her funeral on Monday. Picture date: Wednesday September 14, 2022.

Prince Harry will wear military uniform for Queen's funeral

Lee Crudgington, 38, has been treated for a severed aorta and broken pelvis

Elite army parachutist in hospital after horror speed flying accident

The crowd marvelled at the flypasts. Photo: Richard Ponter Photography/Scarborough Borough Council

Scarborough triumphs at Armed Forces Day national event

Mitieli Vulikijapani impressed against Catalans. (Picture: SWPix.com)

Hull FC's Mitieli Vulikijapani unavailable for Toulouse game after Army call-up
Hull FC centre Mitieli Vulikijapani will miss Saturday's Super League clash with Toulouse Olympique after being called up to represent the British Army.

Lt Peter Kennedy (centre) at Darwin Hill with WO2 (CSM) Baz Greenhalgh on the radio. Early morning of 29 May waiting to hear if the enemy at Goose Green were going to surrender. If not, the men of C Company would have to attack again

Falklands War 40th anniversary: Paras under fire in Battle of Goose Green

Kirkella reported to be fishing off Svalbard Picture: UK Fisheries

Stop importing £200m worth of cod and haddock from Russia says UK Fisheries boss

Eddie Lavelle at the St Patricks Day celebrations on Millennium Square in Leeds. (Pic credit: Tony Johnson)

St Patrick’s Day 2022: When is St Patrick’s Day and why do we celebrate it?

Should Army and RAF cuts be reversed as the Ukraine crisis intensifies?

RAF and Army cuts must be reversed – Yorkshire Post Letters

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is shown around the Royal Tank Regiment Battlegroup by Lt Colonel Simon Worth (left) after a press conference at the Tapa Army Base in Tallinn, Estonia, but should the Government be reversing Army cuts?

Ukraine: Time for Army cuts to be reversed by Britain – Joseph Silke

Chris Burn joined 3 Rifles as they took part in a NATO exercise in Lithuania last month.

What I learnt about the British Army after joining NATO exercise

Leeds communication specialist completes latest acquisition

Ady Wright took up painting after he was injured while serving in the Army. He is now a ludge on Watercolour Challenge Pictures: TwoFour Studios

Watercolour Challenge's Yorkshire judge Ady Wright says painting saved his life

Catterick Garrison

Soldier: Made in Yorkshire: BBC show about realities of army training

Dan Jarvis has questioned the fees charged by Government for visa applications by foreign-born soldiers.

Government profiting from visa applications by military veterans, Jarvis warns

Labour's Dan Jarvis and Tory MP Johnny Mercer, who are both veterans, are calling for visa fees for foreign-born veterans with five years' service to be scrapped

MPs criticised for refusing to scrap visa fees for veterans born overseas
South Yorkshire mayor Dan Jarvis said MPs missed an opportunity to “right a historic wrong” when they voted down plans to scrap visa fees for foreign-born veterans who want to remain in the UK.

Dan Jarvis, Labour MP for Barnsley Central

Dan Jarvis calls on Government to scrap visa fees for foreign-born veterans

Junior Vasuitoga training with Castleford Tigers. Picture by Melanie Allatt Photography/Castleford Tigers.

'The kid can play': Tigers offer chance to Fijian trialist

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is set to meet Army leaders to address concerns around bullying, sexual harassment, and discrimination in the British military. In a statement, the Army said it was working with the Defence Secretary to “drive out unacceptable behaviour at all levels”.

Armed forces must root out cases of harassment and discrimination - Greg Wright

Major David Owen walks through a field of solar panels at the opening of the British Army's first ever solar farm

Army's first ever solar farm opened at Yorkshire's Normandy Barracks

D-Day Hero Ron Shelley, alongside his son Peter, fulfilling a lifelong dream to ride a hot air balloon at York Racecourse.

Yorkshire D-Day hero finally gets to ride in a hot air balloon - aged 98

5 August 2021...... Junior soldiers pass out of their British Army training and have tthe bi-annual Graduation Parade at Harrogate's Army Foundation College in front of their families for the first time since the pandemic. Picture Tony Johnson

Junior soldiers end year of training at Harrogate graduation parade

The homes will house service families from Catterick Garrison as part of a huge shake up of the Army

Plans for almost 130 new homes for Catterick Garrison personnel given go ahead

A Clap for Carers celebration outside Leeds General Infirmary during the Covid lockdown.

Why all NHS staff need their own care covenant – Dame Diana Johnson

Defence School of Transport (DST) in Leconfield, near Beverley, East Yorkshire

Army training base set to be powered by a solar farm for the first time

Whgat do the likes of Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak mean by 'levelling up'?

‘Levelling up’ mixed messages insult North – Yorkshire Post Letters

The Yorkshire Post cartoon

The Yorkshire Post cartoon: Military assistance for the NHS

Schools across the country have been plunged into chaos as a result of the new lockdown.

Don’t let Boris Johnson and Gavin Williamson fail children in lockdown – Jayne D...

Toby Cannon

Yorkshire entrepreneurs help NHS and army to keep fit during lockdown

Part of the old Burton Agnes Station platform can still be seen

Lockdown enables author to complete final chapter of Yorkshire rail disaster

Barnsley is proud of its links with the military and, normally, holds one of Yorkshire's largest services every Remembrance Sunday.

Lest we forget as wartime sacrifice becomes more poignant – Dan Jarvis

Wensleydale Railway

Army steps in to complete six-month Wensleydale Railway track renewal in weeks

British Army officials working at the beach in Holderness. Picture: MOD.

Army carry out controlled explosions in Holderness as erosion reveals bombs

Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire

Step forward for expansion of Europe's largest military base Catterick Garrison

Hull FC's Ratu Naulago scores against Leeds Rhinos. (SWPIX)

Hull FC lose star winger Ratu Naulago as he heads off to Bristol Bears

Thousands more soldiers will be stationed at Catterick Garrison under the new plans.

Catterick to be turned into 'super garrison' as extra 2,700 staff set to move in

Men of the West Yorkshire Regiment being inspected in their tin helmets at Aldershot (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Preserving The Yorkshire Regiment is worth the fight – The Yorkshire Post says

Picture taken on September 1944 in Netherlands showing British infantry soldiers during the Allieds offensive in these area towards Germany (Photo by AFP)

Rare pictures of army life during the Second World War

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...

The Government is being urged to take further action to protect the region's fishing fleets as Covid-19 hits their income.

Use your local chippy to save our fishing fleets: Barney White-Spunner

Soldiers from the British Army and the local police force in Yorkshire speaking with drivers in Catterick. Photo: North Yorkshire Police.

Military soldiers help police speak with drivers in Yorkshire during coronavirus...

Modern slavery victims are trapped in a cycle of despair. Image posed by a model. Photo: David Cheskin/PA Wire

Modern slavery victim from Yorkshire was paid £3,000 for three years work - Greg...

General Lord Richard Dannatt said he was appalled by the number of people taking their lives in the UK.

Veteran suicide crisis is an 'epidemic of our time' says former head of the Army...

William Cook's technology in action

The Yorkshire manufacturer showing off its tank technology to the world