Soldiers

Watch as War Horse memorial gets purple poppy coat to remember fallen service animals

Watch as War Horse statue gets draped in beautiful purple poppy coat

Staff at Five Sisters Zoo in West Calder in West Lothian said the death of Yampil, an Asiatic black bear, meant it was a “truly sad day”.

Staff at local zoo 'utterly devastated' after beloved bear dies

Mary Lamb, 65, suffered a chest infection, stomach bug and was 10 minutes away from hypothermia - but she finished three peaks challenge.

Watch: I climbed 3 peaks in wheelchair...I was 10mins from hypothermia

On the road to Kohima - Major Howard, second in command, with Captain Currie, Adjutant. Picture: Royal Scots Regimental Association.

Royal Scots commemorate forgotten army of the Far East

Mary Lamb left 'battered and bruised' after 'climbing' the Three Peaks

Warrant officer Connor Grant

Edinburgh soldier sharpens close combat skills at urban warfare course

Protesters will urge boycott of Edinburgh Castle's Redcoat cafe unless name change demand is met

Protesters call for Redcoat Cafe boycott if name change demand not met

13 pictures of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo from the 1950s and 1960s

Thousands have evacuated their homes due to a wildfire in La Palma

Thousands evacuated from La Palma as wildfire blazes

Yevgeny Prigozhin (right) with Vladimir Putin

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? Exiled Wagner Group leader breaks silence

A member of Wagner group stands guard in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don

Russia uprising: ‘Soon we will have new President’ says Wagner Group

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

‘Betrayal’ - Vladimir Putin reacts to Wagner Group rebellion in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago

Russian mercenary group plot to remove Vladimir Putin

Trooping the Colour takes place on Saturday, June 17

Met Office weather forecast for Trooping the Colour ceremony

King Charles in front of The Flying Scotsman at Pickering Station

King Charles making several major changes to Trooping the Colour

Members of the Royal family on Buckingham Palace balcony including the Prince and Princess of Wales. Image: Simon James Smith

Trooping the Colour 2023: Buckingham Palace balcony line-up
The line-up for the balcony moment after King Charles’ first Trooping the Colour will not include some key names.
Sam Johnson

King Charles has decided to ride in Trooping the Colour, the first time in 30 years (Pic:Getty)

How to watch Trooping the Colour 2023 - BBC announce full details

Trooping the Colour is a high-precision military parade (image: Getty Images)

Trooping the Colour 2023: Everything you need to know

King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the coronation on May 6.

King Charles makes major change to Trooping of the Colour ceremony

Three soldiers fainted during the Colonel’s Review at Horse Guards Parade in London today

Prince William speaks out as soldiers faint during rehearsals

Ukraine War: What is the Victory Day parade in Russia, what did Vladimir Putin say about the west?

What is Victory Day in Russia & what did Vladimir Putin say?

Prince Harry's memoir spare

Bloodsoaked copies of Prince Harry memoir Spare sell for huge sum

An early morning rehearsal of the coronation took place in London

Morning rehearsal of King Charles’ coronation takes place in London

D-Day veteran Joe Cattini has died aged 100

One of Britain’s last D-Day veterans Joe Cattini dies aged 100

28th October 1914: British soldiers lined up in a narrow trench during World War I. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

World War One medals found in bin bag saved from incinerator

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visit a a military facility

Russia's chilling warning to 'London' after Volodymyr Zelenskyy visit

President Zelensky to visit the UK for the first time since Russian invasion - everything we know so far

President Zelensky to visit the UK - everything we know so far
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the UK for the first time since the Russian invasion
Will Millar

Rescuers gather at the site of a plane crash in Pokhara after an airplane crashed with 72 people on board in Nepal

40 people dead as aircraft crash-lands near Nepal airport

Harry, Duke of Sussex, appeared on CBS late night talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday evening (US time)

Harry addresses Taliban controversy on Late Show appearance in US

A resin model of a sculpture illustrating the WW1 Christmas Truce football match is pictured during a photocall inside the remains of St Luke's Church in Liverpool

The Christmas Truce: how did it start and what happened?

Giffoine plot up for sale situated on the south west of the Channel Island of Guernsey overlooking Gannet Rock

Former Nazi encampment in Guernsey goes up for sale

The Queen lying in state in Westminster Hall.

Royal guard faints next to coffin during Queen’s lying-in-state period

European Council President Charles Michel (right) speaks with a distraught Ukrainian woman arriving at the Ukraine border to Poland as Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (left) looks on during a visit by the two leaders to the border crossing on March 2nd in Korczowa, Poland. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images.

How to help Ukraine in Edinburgh

Soldiers have already been deployed to drive ambulances in Scotland. Picture date: Friday September 24, 2021.

Scottish Government requests military support for two Scottish health boards

Soldiers are now assisting the Scottish ambulance service

Soldiers will help Scottish Ambulance Service for ‘long run’ if needed

Three members of 21 Engineer Regiment based in Ripon, Sergeant Max McGoon, Corporal Lee Connolly and Private Matty Haigh are taking part in the barefoot relay.

Barefoot soldiers arrive in Edinburgh after 700 mile march

How to explain World War Two to children - life for soldiers, and the Holocaust

Edinburgh care home run by veteran charity Erskine has reported one coronavirus related death

One Covid-19 linked death at Edinburgh ex-military care home

Edinburgh care home run by veteran charity Erskine has reported one coronavirus related death

One Covid-19 linked death at Edinburgh care home for veterans

Scots Guards prepare to welcome the Queen.

Scots Guards return home to mark Queen’s Holyrood anniversary visit

The map produced by Stennis Historical Society to illustrate the number of British Army camps in Scotland following the Battle of Culloden. PIC: Contributed.

Map shows 400 British Army camps in Scotland after Culloden

The Scottish Korean War Memorial can be hard to find

Gordon Lindhurst: Let's remember the '˜forgotten' Korean War

Army personnel from 1 SCOTS were deployed to clear snow from roads around the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, in 2010

Army is drafted in to get staff to snow bound Edinburgh hospitals

Soldiers posted to Scotland set for rebate on higher income tax

What were loud bangs in Edinburgh this morning?

The skies over Edinburgh have been home to many mysterious UFO sightings over the years. Picture: Ian Rutherford

The truth is out there: A history of Edinburgh's UFO hotspot

Nicola Sturgeon said the number of armed police response vehicles on patrol had doubled since Monday night.

Nicola Sturgeon: '˜no troops on Scotland's streets'

Private Christopher Edgar meets his two-week-old baby Caleb for the first time. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Balaklava Company welcomed home after Afghanistan tour

The bomb disposal training takes place on Portobello beach. Picture: Toby Williams

Soldiers test landmine detectors on Portobello beach

Shaun Cole was among the first group of soldiers to deploy to Sierra Leone in the fight against Ebola. Picture: Ross Fernie

Soldiers return after helping tackle Ebola horror

The McCrae's Battalion footballers pictured in 1915. Picture: comp

Did Evening News readers send war truce football?

Kevin Gray

Soldiers angry as ‘British’ dropped from Legion

Soldiers moving to Belfast may be axed months later

Soldiers get three days to decide on Belfast move

Lothians servicemen wait for news on army cuts