Falkland Islands Government Chief Executive addresses Legislative Assembly over data breaches review

This week marked the final sitting of the Legislative Assembly before its dissolution ahead of the upcoming General Election. The meeting opened with a statement from the Chief Executive on the historical data breaches at the King Edward Memorial...

Falklands Medical Records Data Breaches Spark External Review

A formal review is finally set to investigate two major data breaches at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, going back to 2019. Hundreds of Falklands patients have been affected over six years, and campaigners Justice4Patients say the failures...

King Charles allows Andrew to keep war medal after stripping all royal titles from his disgraced brother

Buckingham Palace has confirmed that King Charles will not remove his brother's Falklands War campaign medal, despite the Government's decision to strip Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his honorary vice admiral rank. The Defence Secretary, John...

Falklands High Cost Medication Policy Approved

The Health and Medical Services Committee has approved a new High Cost Medication Policy. The paper sets out the need to continue finding treatments but at the right cost and source, ensuring patients continue to access care they need.

Weight Loss Medication Set to Arrive in the Falklands

The Falklands Health and Medical Services Committee also announced weight loss drugs could be coming to the Falklands in a limited capacity as early as January 2026. In the UK, prescriptions for what are known as GLP-1 medications have surged by...

Ross Kemp joins Falklands veteran as they toast to Poppy Appeal with limited-edition pint glasses

TELLY hardman Ross Kemp has toasted the Poppy Appeal with a Falklands veteran. Former Royal Marine Colin Waite has created glasses which picture poppies blooming on the rugged Falklands landscape where he twice came within inches of death in a...

James Phillips underlines importance of Remembrance

REMEMBRANCE: ‘It’s important to remember and recognise those that have served across the generations’, says Tenby’s James Phillips, Wales Air Ambulance Trustee and Veterans’ Commissioner for Wales. Currently a town councillor, president of Tenby...

Remembrance Sunday parade held every year since WWI is cancelled amid claims of health and safety issues

A Remembrance Sunday parade held every year since the end of the First World War has been cancelled over health and safety issues. Veterans have reacted with dismay at the decision to call off the Upton Remembrance Sunday parade on the Wirral,...

Evidence of improvement within Falkland Islands maternity services reviewers state

THE reviewers of maternity services at the Falkland Islands hospital the King Edward Memorial VIII Hospital have said there is “evidence of improvement” in the service from when they last visited, nearly two years ago. Dr Sophia Stone, a...

Justice4Patients campaign group close to settling with Falkland Islands Government and KEMH over data breaches

A settlement between the campaign group Justice4Patients and Falkland Islands Government over data breaches at King Edward Memorial Hospital is close to being agreed. An Executive Council paper stated the matter had been settled but the group...

Falklands, prestigious awards for the design of Tussac House

Monday, October 13th 2025 - 18:55 UTC Craig Walding, Director at ONE and their Client Lead for the Falkland Islands, commented: “This has been an incredible project working with a fantastic team on the Islands”. Tussac House, the first...

Man arrested after schoolgirl, 13, hit by car and taken to hospital

Police cars and two ambulance attended the scene this morning(Image: Daria Maciaszek) A man has been arrested after a schoolgirl was hit by a car. Merseyside Police were called to Liscard Road in Wallasey this morning at the junction of Alverstone...

Review into Falkland Islands maternity services at King Edward Memorial Hospital ends

A further review into maternity services at the King Edward Memorial Hospital concluded on October 13th. A consultant obstetrician and a specialist midwife from the UK spent five days evaluating maternity services, following a previous visit in...

UK restates at UN Assembly support for OTs Falklands and Gibraltar

Saturday, October 18th 2025 - 02:45 UTC Ambassador Thomas, “Under the UN Charter and in Article One of both UN covenants on human rights, the Falklands people are free to determine their political status” The following was the statement by Simon...

Prince Andrew’s explanation over not being able to sweat due to ‘peculiar medical condition’

Prince Andrew once claimed that a “peculiar medical condition” prevented him from being able to sweat. The Duke of York has made headlines again this week as new allegations against him came to light. A memoir written by Virginia Giuffre, who...

History Repeats Itself: Romeo Says Ongoing Medical Evacuation Crises Show Montserrat Still Left Behind

The recent plight of Montserrat’s Landis “Shorty” Baker and Cherry Brown, both struggling to access urgent overseas medical care, has again exposed what Opposition MLA and former Premier Donaldson Romeo calls “a systemic and deadly double...

Wide Skies, Open Minds campaign seeks to remove stigma around mental health in Falkland Islands

The 10th of October marks World Mental Health Day. Here in the Falklands the Wide Skies Open Minds campaign is launching new materials over the coming weeks to help reduce stigma around mental health. The aim is to encourage open conversations so...

Bristow Group Reports Third Quarter 2025 Results

HOUSTON, Nov. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Total revenues of $386.3 million in Q3 2025 compared to $376.4 million in Q2 2025 Net income of $51.5 million, or $1.72 per diluted share, in Q3 2025 compared to net income of $31.7 million, or $1.07 per...

We celebrate your service: PM calls veterans a national asset ahead of Armistice Day

In his address, Sir Keir honoured veterans and praised the courage of the Ukrainian people Veterans are a "national asset" whose stories must be passed on, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said as he addressed a reception at Downing Street...

The namesake for hockey’s most prestigious trophy fought in both World Wars

Get We Are The Mighty’s Weekly Newsletter Military culture and entertainment direct to your inbox with zero chance of a ‘Reply All’ incident First presented in 1965 to Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadiens, the Conn Smythe Trophy is one of the...