Maj Collins (L) and L/Sgt Burgan were pronounced to epitomize a excellent qualities of their regiment
Two soldiers from 1st Battalion Irish Guards killed in Afghanistan usually 6 days before they were due to lapse home have been named.
Maj Matthew Collins, 38, from Backwell, in Somerset, and L/Sgt Mark Burgan, 28, from Liverpool, died on Wednesday [...]
‘Old Hollywood’ has lost perhaps its most legendary star. Oscar-winning Elizabeth Taylor died from heart failure on March 23, 2011.
Taylor starred in over 50 movies. Her most celebrated role remains to be Cleopatra, despite its historical inaccuracies.
Taylor’s love life mirrored her prolific career. She was married eight times, twice to her co-star Richard Burton whom [...]
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Private Daniel Steven Prior, of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, was wounded by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan on 17 March 2011 and died of his wounds in the UK the following day.Private Prior completed his basic training [...]
Two children have been found dead by firefighters tackling a serious house fire.
Some of their relatives had escaped from the three-bedroom property in Bristol before emergency services arrived, Avon Fire and Rescue Service said.
The first floor of the house in the Bradley Stoke area, where the children’s bodies were found, was engulfed in flames when [...]
The death toll from the devastating earthquake-cum-tsunami in Japan is likely to be over 1,600.
According to a police tally, the death toll has reached 564 so far, while 200 to 300 bodies were transferred to Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture.
It was also reported that another 200 bodies were transferred to gymnasiums in Iwanuma and Natori, both [...]
A 8.9-magnitude earthquake has triggered a tsunami along Japan’s north-eastern coastline, and scores are feared killed.
Cars, boats, homes and people were swept away as fires burned out of control.
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