Protest: Adult social care cuts
Protests have been staged over cuts in adult social care, ahead of a debate on the issue by West Sussex Country Council.
Former flagship 'sold for scrap'
It's been reported that the former Royal Navy flagship, HMS Ark Royal, is to be sold as scrap metal for £3 million.
Battalion to be cut and move to Edinburgh
The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders are to be cut from a battalion to a public duties company, and move from Canterbury to Edinburgh.
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Breaking: defence cuts announced
Canterbury based Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders will cease to be a fighting force and will perform ceremonial duties only.
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Breaking: Scotsman reporting a reprieve for Canterbury army base
The Scotsman newspaper is reporting a reprieve for the Canterbury based Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
It was thought that they'd been earmarked for a merger or to be downgraded in the latest army cuts.
But the paper says the government will announce today that all historic Scottish infantry names are to be saved.
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Region braces itself for army cuts
The region's army personnel are bracing themselves for further cuts.
The Defence Secretary Philip Hammond will reveal later where the axe is to fall in the latest round of military cutbacks.
It's though about a fifth will lose their jobs by 2020 while dozens of units will be scrapped or merged.
More than four hundred Gurkha soldiers, many of whom are based in Kent, lost their jobs in a previous round of defence cuts.
Britain also lost its flagship aircraft carrier, the Portsmouth based HMS Ark Royal.
Army faces massive cutbacks
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has confirmed that army numbers will be cut by 20,000 over the next few years.
Read the full storyArmy numbers will be slashed by 20,000
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has confirmed that army numbers will be cut by 20,000 over the next few years.
Mr Hammond confirmed that some historic Army units would be scrapped and others merged in the coming years as it scaled back its regular strength from 102,000 to 82,000.
He said the changes would mean an increased reliance on private military contractors and on part-time reservists as a result of plans set out in the Government's Strategic Defence and Security Review.
In future, the reserves would take on some tasks currently carried out by regular troops.
Mr Hammond also indicated that when it came to deciding which units were to be axed, the Army would take account of demographic changes.
He said: "While we are determined to maintain an effective regimental system, it must be based on the realities of today, and the primacy of capability."
Army facing cuts of 20,000
Some historic Army units would be scrapped and others merged in the coming years as it scaled back its regular strength from 102,000 to 82,000, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has confirmed.
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