Danielle Sheridan

London

Defence Editor at The Telegraph

Defence Editor at The Daily Telegraph. Five by Five 👩🏻‍💻

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Head of Royal Navy steps down ‘over affair with female subordinate’

5 days ago | yahoo.com | Danielle Sheridan

The head of the Royal Navy has stepped down over allegations he had a relationship with a female colleague under his command. Admiral Sir Ben Key, 59, has stepped back from all duties while the Ministry of Defence (MoD) carries out an investigation into his alleged extramarital affair.
British warship tracks Russian submarine in Channel

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Danielle Sheridan

A British warship has tracked a Russian submarine in the English Channel as part of a Nato effort to monitor Moscow’s activity in European waters. The Portsmouth-based HMS Tyne was deployed as part of a wider Nato operation to shadow Kilo-class submarine Krasnodar as it made its surfaced journey back to Russia from the eastern Mediterranean. It comes two weeks after HMS St Albans and HMS Mersey separately shadowed Russian vessels through the Channel.
British warship tracks Russian submarine in Channel

6 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Danielle Sheridan

The patrol vessel intercepted Krasnodar on entry to the Channel near the French coast, reporting on every move as it made its eastward journey before handing over duties to allies as the submarine left UK waters. Earlier in its journey, Krasnodar was tracked by a Royal Navy Wildcat helicopter of 815 Naval Air Squadron deployed with the UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG) in the Atlantic.
Royal Navy chief steps down early

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Danielle Sheridan

Admiral Sir Ben Key became the First Sea Lord in November 2021 - Jamie LorrimanThe head of the Royal Navy has stepped down months earlier than expected. Admiral Sir Ben Key had announced that he would retire as First Sea Lord this summer. However, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed on Wednesday that he had already left the post. Sir Ben’s departure appears all the more abrupt as he was due to speak at the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power conference in London next week.
Royal Navy chief steps down early

1 week ago | aol.co.uk | Danielle Sheridan

The head of the Royal Navy has stepped down months earlier than expected. Admiral Sir Ben Key had announced that he would retire as First Sea Lord this summer. However, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed on Wednesday that he had already left the post. Sir Ben’s departure appears all the more abrupt as he was due to speak at the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power conference in London next week. The conference has now been postponed indefinitely.
Royal Navy chief steps down early

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Danielle Sheridan

The head of the Royal Navy has stepped down months earlier than expected. Admiral Sir Ben Key had announced that he would retire as First Sea Lord this summer. However, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed on Wednesday that he had already left the post. Sir Ben's departure appears all the more abrupt as he was due to speak at the First Sea Lord's Sea Power conference in London next week. The conference has now been postponed indefinitely.
Iranian terror suspect 'has close links to regime'

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Martin Evans |Robert Mendick |Danielle Sheridan

On Monday, Scotland Yard confirmed that officers had been granted more time to continue questioning four of the men. A 24-year-old arrested in Manchester was released on conditional bail to a date later this month. Three other Iranian men arrested in London as part of a separate operation on Saturday continued to be held. Details of the potential target have remained under wraps, but it is believed to have been a premises linked to a dissident Iranian organisation.
Russian spies attended Brexit event in Parliament

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Danielle Sheridan

Russian spies Orlin Roussev (front right) and Biser Dzhambazov (next to him) attended a Brexit event in Parliament - CHPThree Bulgarian nationals convicted of spying for Russia attended a Brexit event in Parliament. Orlin Roussev, a Kremlin agent; Biser Dzhambazov, his second-in-command; and Katrin Ivanova, his girlfriend, attended the event in a committee room in May 2016.
Russian spies attended Brexit event in Parliament

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Danielle Sheridan

Roussev's identity as the man in the photograph was verified by two people who knew him during the period, according to the BBC, which said that it visually reviewed the images to confirm Dzhambazov's presence. Ivanova is also visible in the photographs. The event was organised and attended by representatives of European political parties, including the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), of which Dzhambazov and Ivanova became members in 2016.
Battle Lines: 'Russia is now but China is the long-term threat'

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Venetia Rainey |Sophia Yan |Danielle Sheridan |Adelie Pojzman-Pontay

Will there be a Ukraine peace deal this year? What's it like to be a reporter in China? Is Labour too wishy-washy on defence? And which conflicts should we be paying more attention to? Venetia Rainey is joined by defence editor Danielle Sheridan, senior foreign correspondent Sophia Yan and Ukraine: The Latest host Adelie Pojzman-Pontay to discuss the biggest stories of the year so far.