Army bodyguards have been showing how they would tackle assassins threatening senior British diplomats in a terrifyingly realistic demonstration. The full-blooded exercise saw one soldier dress as a ...

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THE British Army's specialised team of 'bodyguards' have been showing off their skills to representatives from Nato. The team from the army's Close Protection Unit have been demonstrating their ...

Officers from France's close protection unit are claiming fatigue due to overwork since the Charlie Hebdo massacre ((Photo credit should read JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD/AFP/Getty Images)) Elite French ...

A specialist Army “bodyguard” unit has been showing off its capabilities during a conference for Nato colleagues. The Royal Military Police (RMP) Close Protection Unit put on a demonstration of its ...

THE RUC decision to withdraw its 'close protection service' for Irish officials working in the Anglo-Irish Joint Secretariat at Maryfield, near Belfast, sparked a major row between a senior Irish ...

The PSNI is forking out almost £40,000 per week in overtime payments to officers assigned to the Close Protection Unit (CPU), it has been claimed. The CPU, which includes providing security for ...

Three Catholic police officers who served in a specialist unit which protects senior political and legal figures have launched a religious discrimination case against the PSNI. The serving officers ...

The security operation that surrounded the G8 summit in Northern Ireland cost an estimated £80m. This included a large fence built around the Lough Erne venue in County Fermanagh and increased police ...