Telford’s skilled manufacturing base is helping equip soldiers with high-tech equipment and drive the government’s growth mission, Defence Minister Maria Eagle has said.
10 Jan 2025
A family whose mum died of cancer caused by asbestos exposure have been awarded a ‘substantial’ payout from the Ministry of Defence.
7 Sept 2018
The Ministry of Defence has been issued with a Crown Censure by the Health and Safety Executive after a soldier died when he was shot in the neck on a training exercise.
30 Sept 2016
A Hawk jet from RAF Valley in Anglesey this afternoon made an emergency landing at RAF Shawbury.
8 Oct 2013
Shrewsbury’s MP has met with the Defence Secretary in order to discuss the future of the Copthorne Barracks site.
24 Apr 2013
Copthorne Barracks in Shrewsbury is one of seven to set to close by 2015, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announced today.
5 Mar 2013
Jobs at a facility in Telford were this afternoon secured following the announcement that the MOD is investing £46m in acquiring fifty-one new patrol vehicles for soldiers serving on the front line in Afghanistan.
23 Nov 2012
Telford & Wrekin Council has been asked by the Ministry of Defence to put together a presentation setting out the development opportunities available at MOD Donnington.
19 Sept 2012
An airman from Telford who was one of two British servicemen killed by members of the Afghan police force in Helmand last Saturday will be repatriated during a private ceremony today.
17 May 2012
An airman from Telford was one of two British servicemen who were killed by members of the Afghan police force in Helmand on Saturday it was confirmed today.
14 May 2012
A Shropshire-based solider killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday has been named as Lance Corporal Stephen McKee, from 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment.
11 Mar 2011
The family of a Shropshire based soldier who was killed in Afghanistan on Friday has said he was accidentally shot by a colleague.
8 Feb 2011
A Shropshire based soldier killed in Afghanistan on Friday has been named as Ranger David Dalzell, of 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment.
6 Feb 2011
A soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment based at Tern Hill barracks in Shropshire was killed in Afghanistan yesterday.
5 Feb 2011
