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Soldier uses battlefield skills to save Oxford Street knife victim

18.08.11
A soldier told how he saved the life of a teenager who was stabbed amid a crowd of horrified shoppers in Oxford Street... more

341st UK soldier to die in Afghanistan

20.10.10
A British soldier has died in a blast clearing bombs in Afghanistan, the 341st killed in the country since 2001... more

Apology to soldier refused beer after tour in Afghanistan

06.08.10
Soldier refused service at a supermarket an hour after coming home from Afghanistan because he was in his Army uniform... more

Army engineer dies in Afghan blast

27.07.10
British soldier and US sailor have been killed in Afghanistan, military sources said... more

Bomb disposal expert killed in Taliban firefight

28.06.10
A British Army bomb disposal expert has been killed in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says... more

Bodies of three soldiers return home from Afghanistan

07.05.10
The bodies of three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan to be brought home... more

'Policeman by day, soldier by night'

16.02.10
Territorial Army serviceman killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan was a 'policeman by day and talented soldier by night', colleagues said... more

Wootton Bassett on parade as Islamic hate row grows

05.01.10
Bodies of two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan are driven through Wootton Bassett as controversy rages about a planned march through the town by Islamic extremists... more

Flood-hit Cumbria now faces threat of snow

30.11.09
People in flood-hit Cumbria were facing more weather woes with snow and plunging temperatures set to hit the area... more

In one black day, four bodies arrive home and two more buried

28.07.09
Hundreds of mourners gathered today as the bodies of four soldiers killed in Afghanistan were flown home - and funerals took place for two of their fallen comrades... more

Wootton Bassett bells toll for Helmand’s latest dead

10.07.09
Hundreds of mourners lined the streets in the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett today as the coffins of five British soldiers who have died in Afghanistan in the past week were driven past... more

Afghanistan is not our Vietnam, says Defence Secretary

08.07.09
Government warns more soldiers will die in Afghanistan but denies the fight against the Taliban is turning into “another Vietnam”... more

Afghan illegal immigrant sneaks into Sandhurst

18.06.09
An Afghan illegal immigrant smuggled himself into Sandhurst by hiding in the lavatory stairwell of an Army coach... more

Parents' grief for sapper killed in hail of terrorist bullets

20.03.09
The London soldier executed in cold blood by Irish terrorists was praised at his funeral service for his "determination and enthusiasm" to help army colleagues... more

Soldier killed by IRA was in Spurs trials

09.03.09
A London soldier shot dead by the Real IRA had trials with Tottenham Hotspur, it has been revealed... more

Cameron's pledge to troops on Afghan visit

02.09.08
David Cameron staged a surprise trip to Afghanistan as he unveiled plans to give more family leave to British troops fighting overseas... more

Bomb hero soldier is honoured by Queen

03.07.08
A soldier who risked his life to defuse a bomb which could have destroyed part of the East End is being honoured by the Queen at Buckingham Palace... more


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