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Army information stand in a school, Ayrshire

Army's new recruitment campaign described as 'misleading and desperate'

The UK army has been accused of misleading potential recruits with a new recruitment campaign that promises emotional support within the army.

2017 Second highest year for white poppy sales

As 2017 draws to a close, the Peace Pledge Union (PPU) has confirmed that the number of white poppies distributed this year was the second highest in any year since white poppies were founded in 1933.

Alternative Remembrance Sunday Ceremony hears from people suffering in current wars

White poppy wearers have held an Alternative Remembrance Sunday Ceremony only a short walk from the official ceremony at the Cenotaph.

Theresa May accused of Remembrance hypocrisy as white poppy wearers plan alternative ceremony

White poppy wearers have criticised Theresa May for planning to lay a wreath to remember the war dead while pursuing policies that are fuelling war.

Sam Walton and Dan Woodhouse outside court

PPU members found Not Guilty after attempting to disarm warplanes bound for Saudi Arabia

Two members of the Peace Pledge Union have been declared Not Guilty of criminal damage after a court heard how they were attempting to disarm warplanes bound for Saudi use in Yemen.

White poppy sales rise as British Legion criticised over exclusion of civilians

The Royal British Legion is facing renewed criticism over its refusal to commemorate civilian victims of war on Remembrance Day.

Pacifists refute claim that they are 'indoctrinating children' with white poppies

British pacifists have rejected claims in today's Sunday Telegraph that they are “indoctrinating” children by promoting white

Army's alleged abusers on trial for 'smearing excrement' in teenage recruits' faces

Seventeen sergeants and corporals in the UK army will face a preliminary hearing in a court-martial at the Bulford Military Court in Wiltshire from tomorrow (Thursday 21 September) over the alleged abuse of teenage recruits.

Government accused of sanitising slaughter on Passchendaele centenary

The UK government has been accused of airbrushing out key aspects of World War One history with its events to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the Battle of Passchendaele today (31 July).

Methodist minister facing trial for criminal damage is cheered by pacifists

A Methodist minister has said he was acting on his pacifist principles when he attempted to disarm a warplane bound for Saudi Arabia. Rev Dan Woodhouse, from Leeds, said he had no regrets despite facing a trial for criminal damage and the possibility of imprisonment.

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