Earlier he was invited to his regimental headquarters at the Tower of London to re-receive his military cap and badge, 40 years on. Mr Close, 61, from Salford, Greater Manchester, told BBC Radio ...

An ex-soldier who was jailed for kissing a fellow serviceman in the 1980s has become one of the first gay veterans to have his ceremonial cap badge returned to him. Fusilier Stephen Close ...

A soldier who was court martialled and jailed for kissing a serviceman in the 1980s has said being among the first gay UK veterans to have their ceremonial cap badges returned has given him "closure".

The Army is facing fury among officers over concerns that a new regiment's cap badge is 'identical' to those worn by a brutal apartheid terror squad. The beret for ...

The new cap badge of the Ranger Regiment was unveiled earlier today. Sharing a picture of the badge on Twitter, the British Army wrote: "We have revealed the cap badge of The Ranger Regiment.

British army regiments that sport a royal crest on their berets are switching “cap badges” from a design featuring the St Edwards’ crown favoured by the late Queen Elizabeth to the Tudor ...

A gay veteran who was jailed for kissing a serviceman in the 1980s has become one of the first in the UK to have their ceremonial cap badge returned. Fusilier Steve Close was court martialled ...