Tom Cotterill
@tomcotterill.bsky.social
Senior reporter for the MailOnline. Ex-defence correspondent/chief reporter. Reporter of the year. Army reservist. Black belt. Deadly? 📧tom.cotterill@mailonline.co.uk
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨 Fresh fears have been raised about the future of Britain's new £1.9bn 'eye in the sky', the E-7 Wedgetail, after a watchdog warned the project 'appears to be unachievable'. MoD says good progress has been made but the business case has not been agreed www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
RAF's new £1.9bn 'eye in the sky' wonderplane is hit by new delay
Spending watchdog the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) has slapped a 'red' rating on plans to equip Britain's military with three E-7 Wedgetail surveillance jets.
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February 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨 Fresh fears have been raised about the future of Britain's new £1.9bn 'eye in the sky', the E-7 Wedgetail, after a watchdog warned the project 'appears to be unachievable'. MoD says good progress has been made but the business case has not been agreed www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Britain’s famed Red Arrows are at risk of winding up due to their ageing aircraft, with one RAF pilot warning they will be “finished” if new jets aren’t found, in a move Reform leader Nigel Farage said would be a “national disgrace”. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Britain’s famed Red Arrows are at risk of winding up due to their ageing aircraft, with one RAF pilot warning they will be “finished” if new jets aren’t found, in a move Reform leader Nigel Farage said would be a “national disgrace”. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Are the Red Arrows about to be mothballed?
The Red Arrows are facing a crisis as the future of the squadron is uncertain. The youngest Hawk T1 in their 16-strong fleet is 43, the oldest is approaching 50. Some have flown for more than 100 hour...
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January 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Britain’s famed Red Arrows are at risk of winding up due to their ageing aircraft, with one RAF pilot warning they will be “finished” if new jets aren’t found, in a move Reform leader Nigel Farage said would be a “national disgrace”. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Britain’s famed Red Arrows are at risk of winding up due to their ageing aircraft, with one RAF pilot warning they will be “finished” if new jets aren’t found, in a move Reform leader Nigel Farage said would be a “national disgrace”. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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This is literally every parents’ worst nightmare - the most horrific, unexpected accident that claimed the life of an innocent seven-week-old baby. If you have a newborn child, please read this… www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
This is literally every parents’ worst nightmare - the most horrific, unexpected accident that claimed the life of an innocent seven-week-old baby. If you have a newborn child, please read this… www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
We used a common baby aid for our newborn which ended up killing him
James Alderman was just seven weeks old when he died in a tragic accident involving a commonly-used baby carrier - leaving his parents and brother, three, heartbroken.
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December 31, 2024 at 8:22 AM
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This is literally every parents’ worst nightmare - the most horrific, unexpected accident that claimed the life of an innocent seven-week-old baby. If you have a newborn child, please read this… www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
This is literally every parents’ worst nightmare - the most horrific, unexpected accident that claimed the life of an innocent seven-week-old baby. If you have a newborn child, please read this… www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
I’ve just watched this absolute gem of a film. Starship Troopers really is one of my favourite movies - it’s camp, gruesome but a complete action-packed 90s space romp. Watch it if you haven’t already! #SciFi #WouldYouLikeToKnowMore
December 28, 2024 at 10:39 PM
I’ve just watched this absolute gem of a film. Starship Troopers really is one of my favourite movies - it’s camp, gruesome but a complete action-packed 90s space romp. Watch it if you haven’t already! #SciFi #WouldYouLikeToKnowMore
🚨BREAKING🚨
Vladimir Putin has apologised to Azerbaijan after a passenger jet was downed, killing 38 people. The shamed Russian despot admitted Russia air defences were “active” at the time, amid claims the jet was shot down. Full story: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Vladimir Putin has apologised to Azerbaijan after a passenger jet was downed, killing 38 people. The shamed Russian despot admitted Russia air defences were “active” at the time, amid claims the jet was shot down. Full story: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Vladimir Putin APOLOGISES to Azerbaijan over downed passenger jet
The Kremlin dictator called Azerbaijan president Ilham Aliyev to say sorry for Russian air defences firing at the Azerbaijan Airlines aircraft.
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December 28, 2024 at 1:20 PM
🚨BREAKING🚨
Vladimir Putin has apologised to Azerbaijan after a passenger jet was downed, killing 38 people. The shamed Russian despot admitted Russia air defences were “active” at the time, amid claims the jet was shot down. Full story: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Vladimir Putin has apologised to Azerbaijan after a passenger jet was downed, killing 38 people. The shamed Russian despot admitted Russia air defences were “active” at the time, amid claims the jet was shot down. Full story: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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The Royal Navy’s submarine service is plagued by gang bangs, drugs and sordid imitation ceremonies, an insider has claimed - with lewd officers sharing Top Trump-style cards celebrating the most debauched behaviours. Full story, below 👇
The Royal Navy’s submarine service is plagued by gang bangs, drugs and sordid imitation ceremonies, an insider has claimed - with lewd officers sharing Top Trump-style cards celebrating the most debauched behaviours. Full story, below 👇
December 28, 2024 at 9:43 AM
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The Royal Navy’s submarine service is plagued by gang bangs, drugs and sordid imitation ceremonies, an insider has claimed - with lewd officers sharing Top Trump-style cards celebrating the most debauched behaviours. Full story, below 👇
The Royal Navy’s submarine service is plagued by gang bangs, drugs and sordid imitation ceremonies, an insider has claimed - with lewd officers sharing Top Trump-style cards celebrating the most debauched behaviours. Full story, below 👇
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Thousands of animals have been blown up, poisoned or given deadly nerve agents in tests at a top secret military lab - in experiments branded “barbaric” by animal rights activists. Full story: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Thousands of animals have been blown up, poisoned or given deadly nerve agents in tests at a top secret military lab - in experiments branded “barbaric” by animal rights activists. Full story: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Thousands of animals are killed in 'barbaric' tests at secret MoD lab
More than 2,000 pigs, rabbits, monkeys, guinea pigs and mice have been killed in 'barbaric' experiments at the secretive Porton Down research base in Wiltshire.
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December 28, 2024 at 7:07 AM
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Thousands of animals have been blown up, poisoned or given deadly nerve agents in tests at a top secret military lab - in experiments branded “barbaric” by animal rights activists. Full story: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Thousands of animals have been blown up, poisoned or given deadly nerve agents in tests at a top secret military lab - in experiments branded “barbaric” by animal rights activists. Full story: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Defence Secretary John Healey has hinted that Britain could send troops to Ukraine to train new recruits - as he vowed to 'put a lot more pressure' on Putin next year. Story: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Britain could send troops to Ukraine, warns Defence Secretary
John Healey appeared to be open to the idea of sending British soldiers into the war-torn nation to help train fresh Ukrainian recruits to fight the Russians.
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December 19, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Defence Secretary John Healey has hinted that Britain could send troops to Ukraine to train new recruits - as he vowed to 'put a lot more pressure' on Putin next year. Story: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Significant - Russian Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of the military’s nuclear, chemical and biological defense forces, was assassinated by a bomb placed on a scooter in Moscow on Tuesday. He was in post for seven years - including the Salisbury Novichok attack in 2018. Ukrainian special forces hit?
December 17, 2024 at 7:51 AM
Significant - Russian Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of the military’s nuclear, chemical and biological defense forces, was assassinated by a bomb placed on a scooter in Moscow on Tuesday. He was in post for seven years - including the Salisbury Novichok attack in 2018. Ukrainian special forces hit?
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Are potential “sleeper agents”trying to gather intelligence on Western military bases - and their responses to a drone attack - behind the mystery sightings in of UAVs in the US and UK? A veteran British commander believes it’s a distinct possibility. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Are potential “sleeper agents”trying to gather intelligence on Western military bases - and their responses to a drone attack - behind the mystery sightings in of UAVs in the US and UK? A veteran British commander believes it’s a distinct possibility. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Russian 'sleeper agents' may be behind global mystery drone sightings
Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon claimed the incursions worldwide may be part of a Kremlin ploy to 'test the waters' and expose weaknesses in the defences of British and American bases.
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December 17, 2024 at 7:10 AM
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Are potential “sleeper agents”trying to gather intelligence on Western military bases - and their responses to a drone attack - behind the mystery sightings in of UAVs in the US and UK? A veteran British commander believes it’s a distinct possibility. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Are potential “sleeper agents”trying to gather intelligence on Western military bases - and their responses to a drone attack - behind the mystery sightings in of UAVs in the US and UK? A veteran British commander believes it’s a distinct possibility. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
This is absolutely horrific!
Shocking moment man sets himself on fire in front of stunned police officers in London street
Shocking moment man sets himself on fire on London street
The man set himself on fire in front of police officers after they were called to a domestic row at an address on North Road in Islington, North London, The Met has said.
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December 14, 2024 at 12:53 PM
This is absolutely horrific!
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This is the moment a fleet of drones was seen loitering over a US airbase in Britain - as global sightings of the UAVs above military HQs continue to cause alarm. Special forces from the SAS and SBS were later scrambled to RAF Lakenheath: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
This is the moment a fleet of drones was seen loitering over a US airbase in Britain - as global sightings of the UAVs above military HQs continue to cause alarm. Special forces from the SAS and SBS were later scrambled to RAF Lakenheath: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Moment 'Putin's drones' spotted over US airbase in Britain
The footage obtained by MailOnline features what is suspected to be four drones, brazenly flying with bright lights, in the early evening darkness above RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk.
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December 14, 2024 at 11:54 AM
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
This is the moment a fleet of drones was seen loitering over a US airbase in Britain - as global sightings of the UAVs above military HQs continue to cause alarm. Special forces from the SAS and SBS were later scrambled to RAF Lakenheath: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
This is the moment a fleet of drones was seen loitering over a US airbase in Britain - as global sightings of the UAVs above military HQs continue to cause alarm. Special forces from the SAS and SBS were later scrambled to RAF Lakenheath: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Says the man who has since fled his country…
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2012 claimed people who flee the country are 'cowardly', saying 'a good and patriotic person does not run away.’
December 13, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Says the man who has since fled his country…
This is one of the most harrowing stories I’ve covered in a long time: a homeless sex fiend who repeatedly orally raped an unconscious mother on a park bench “again and again” until she died has been jailed for life. Jurors cried watching the CCTV of the attack. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Man who killed woman by repeatedly orally raping her jailed for life
Natalie Shotter, 37, was raped 'again and again' after she passed out on a park bench in Southall Park, west London, on 17 July 2021. The savagery of the attack led to her having a fatal heartache.
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December 13, 2024 at 5:22 PM
This is one of the most harrowing stories I’ve covered in a long time: a homeless sex fiend who repeatedly orally raped an unconscious mother on a park bench “again and again” until she died has been jailed for life. Jurors cried watching the CCTV of the attack. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨Mystery drone swarms across the world have sparked a major security alert - amid fears of an impending Russian 'attack'... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Putin's spies could spark mayhem by invading UK airspace with drones
Mysterious drone sightings at military bases in the UK and US could be the work of Russia spies, defence chiefs have warned - with one intelligence expert fearing more incidents could be coming.
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December 13, 2024 at 4:37 PM
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨Mystery drone swarms across the world have sparked a major security alert - amid fears of an impending Russian 'attack'... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Meet the British extremists who could return to the UK after the fall of al-Assad in Syria - from a trainee NHS medic accused of selling organs on the black market to ISIS bride Shamima Begum and even 'Jihadi Jack': www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Brit extremists who could return to the UK after Assad's fall in Syria
After the downfall of Syria's bloodthirsty tyrant, there are fears jails and camps holding British Isis fighters and backers could could be abandoned, allowing scores of people to escape.
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December 12, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Meet the British extremists who could return to the UK after the fall of al-Assad in Syria - from a trainee NHS medic accused of selling organs on the black market to ISIS bride Shamima Begum and even 'Jihadi Jack': www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Tom Cotterill
First Minister John Swinney rebuffs Green Party claims about a £360,000 grant to BAE Systems, with the grant aimed at training workers in shipbuilding, not arms production for Israel.
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Scot Gov rebuffs Greens over incorrect ‘Arms Factory’ claims
First Minister John Swinney rebuffs Green Party claims about a £360,000 grant to BAE Systems, with the grant aimed at training workers in shipbuilding, not arms production for Israel.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
December 9, 2024 at 7:43 PM
First Minister John Swinney rebuffs Green Party claims about a £360,000 grant to BAE Systems, with the grant aimed at training workers in shipbuilding, not arms production for Israel.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/scot-gov-reb...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/scot-gov-reb...
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨 A second primary school teacher has been banned from the classroom over a sordid WhatsApp chat with male colleagues, where female staff were called 'kinky sluts', 'skinhead carpet munchers' and 'pure filthy' and pupils were branded 'retarded' www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Male teachers banned after calling female staff 'f*** buddy material'
Curtis Austin, 35, was part of a ' barbaric' group chat at a school in east London, where female staff were degraded and called 'kinky sluts' and 'pure filth' and pupils were branded 'retarded' and 't...
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December 10, 2024 at 8:19 AM
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨 A second primary school teacher has been banned from the classroom over a sordid WhatsApp chat with male colleagues, where female staff were called 'kinky sluts', 'skinhead carpet munchers' and 'pure filthy' and pupils were branded 'retarded' www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
China now poses a major nuclear threat to the West, as it continues to rapidly expand its stockpile of warheads, the head of Britain's armed forces has warned. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said the world is now entering a new 'nuclear age'. Full story: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
China poses major nuclear threat to the West, armed forces chief warns
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, Chief of the Defence Staff, said the world was now entering a new 'nuclear age' - with China posing a more deadly threat than ever before.
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December 5, 2024 at 12:59 PM
China now poses a major nuclear threat to the West, as it continues to rapidly expand its stockpile of warheads, the head of Britain's armed forces has warned. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said the world is now entering a new 'nuclear age'. Full story: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
I've definitely given up on watching I'm A Celebrity this year. It feels like such a pointless show now. Formulaic and dull, with loads of squealing "celebs". Sorry, not for me. I think it's run its course. Thoughts?
November 27, 2024 at 10:09 AM
I've definitely given up on watching I'm A Celebrity this year. It feels like such a pointless show now. Formulaic and dull, with loads of squealing "celebs". Sorry, not for me. I think it's run its course. Thoughts?
A video game that let's players carry out October 7-style atrocities as Hamas-inspired terrorists has been banned by British counter-terrorism cops. The trailer shows players paragliding into Israeli base to kill soldiers. Full story: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article... #news
November 27, 2024 at 9:50 AM
A video game that let's players carry out October 7-style atrocities as Hamas-inspired terrorists has been banned by British counter-terrorism cops. The trailer shows players paragliding into Israeli base to kill soldiers. Full story: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article... #news