tonight, the ministry of defence is having to defend proposals that go to the heart of how our country can defend itself. newsnight has learned the royal navy would lose its ability to assault enemy held beaches and plans currently being considered. the specialist landing ships, hms albion and bulwark, would be taken out of service, a plan which has caused huge alarm among senior royal marine officers who believe it would deprive the core of its core mission. mark urban has the story. emily, we are in a situation, not unprecedented, where there are too many things in the programme and aspirations to be paid for but there is also a depreciation in the value of the sterling which affects some of the bigger projects and there needs to be a review. in 30 years of reporting defence in this country, i ve never seen a situation like the one we are now in. we cannot call it a review, and whitehall isn t because apparently the defence secretary had won just two years ago and does not
she s been addressing the world economic forum in davos. pretty much nothing has been done since the global emissions of c02 has not reduced and that is, of course, what we are trying to achieve, among other things. coming up at 9:30am, the latest uemployment figures from the office for national statistics we ll have full analysis. the latest unemployment figures. and coming up in sport a disappointing day for british players at the australian open. jo konta is out in the first round while kyle edmund s good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. terrorists could be made to take a lie detector test to prove they have reformed and are not planning to carry out another attack, as part of a new wave of measures announced by the government. terror offenders will face more time in jail as part of the so called counter terrorism bill, introduced after an attack in london in november. convicted terror offender usman khan had been on licence from prison when he killed saski
DANIELSON, Army Specialist Christopher Lee Hoskins Army Specialist Christopher Lee Hoskins, 21, of Westcott Road, Danielson, died Tuesday (June 21, 2005) in Ramadi, Iraq while serving his country. He was born in New London on August 7, 1983, the son of Richard Hoskins of Danielson and Claudia (Schiele) Hoskins of Danielson. Mr. Hoskins graduated from […]