Grant Shapps, a former Conservative member of the U.K.’s Parliament and defense secretary, called a recent submarine name change by the Royal Navy “woke nonsense” to avoid offending the French.

The Royal Navy has announced it is changing the name of a new submarine from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles, in a move branded "woke nonsense" by former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps. It follows ...

After cracks were discovered in Hammersmith Bridge over the River Thames, the 138-year-old landmark was closed to motorists ...

Putney MP Fleur Anderson has urged residents to write to the Department for Transport about the impact the closure is still having on their daily lives ...

HMS Agincourt has been renamed Achilles amid reports the defence ministry did not want to offend France.

The Defence Secretary said it was time for the UK and European allies to ‘step up, to do more of the heavy lifting’.

Hammersmith Bridge could reopen to motor vehicles after the taskforce aimed at fixing it met for the first time in years. But ...

The PM is being attacked from all sides over rumours he is planning a major delay to Britain's defence spending increase.

After months of controversy, capped off by Elon Musk's salute at the presidential inauguration, backlash against the tech mogul has hit a fever pitch.

Grant Shapps has said that he was once president ... Shapps, a veteran Conservative member of parliament, previously held other Cabinet-level roles under a series of prime ministers — including ...