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Dan Jarvis - now Security Minister - served in Helmand, Afghanistan (2007)

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Watch as War Horse memorial gets purple poppy coat to remember fallen service animals

Watch as War Horse statue gets draped in beautiful purple poppy coat

A fearsome Apache gunship was filmed on a low pass over Grindleford.

Watch: Apache gunship roars overhead in low pass over village

Mary Lamb, 65, suffered a chest infection, stomach bug and was 10 minutes away from hypothermia - but she finished three peaks challenge.

Watch: I climbed 3 peaks in wheelchair...I was 10mins from hypothermia

Mary Lamb left 'battered and bruised' after 'climbing' the Three Peaks

Prince William flies helicopter after becoming Army chief.

Watch: Prince William flies helicopter after becoming Army chief

Lance Bombardier Abbie Robinson Wyss has made history by becoming the first female farrier in the British Army

Worksop woman becomes first female farrier in the British Army

Michael Copeland from Stafford, on his climb up Kilimanjaro with a fridge on his back. The former soldier has conquered Africa's highest mountain whilst carrying a fridge on his back to encourage men to talk about mental health with MIND.

Ex-soldier carries 30kg fridge up Mount Kilimanjaro

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King Charles to receive Scottish crown jewels to mark coronation

King Charles

King Charles pays tribute to troops to mark Armed Forces Day 2023

The coronation flypast could be cancelled due to bad weather

Coronation flypast given green light following weather concerns
It had been revealed that the 60 aircraft, including the Red Arrows could have been called off if there was rain on Saturday, the day of the coronation of King Charles.
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John Reed managed to bag himself a selfie with boxing champion Tyson Fury while in Worksop.

Man snaps selfie with boxing star Tyson Fury in surprise meet in Worksop

Soldiers of The Queen’s Company of the Grenadier Guards carry the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II Funeral: why they are bearers of the Queen’s coffin

An ex-serviceman from Worksop who pledged to raise money for the Royal British Legion by plunging himself into a barrel of ice water every day for 100 days has just completed day 92 of his challenge.

Worksop veteran close to completing ice bucket challenge

Mark Walker from Worksop (left) is ready to take on not one but three '100 challenges' in honour of Captain Sir Tom Moore (right). Pic: Getty

Worksop veteran's gruelling '100 challenge' in honour of Sir Captain Tom Moore

Army to be cut by 10,000 soldiers - but experts fear it could leave UK vulnerable (Photo: Shutterstock)

Army to be cut by 10,000 soldiers - but experts fear it could leave UK vulnerabl...

Army enlisted to help roll out the Covid vaccine in the UK - this is the plan

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Captain Tom Moore has been made an honorary colonel by the Queen to mark his 100th birthday (Photo: Getty/Capture the Light Photography)

NHS fundraiser Captain Tom is made a colonel on his 100th birthday - here are th...

The D-Day legacy of ‘Hobo’, the wizard of tank warfare

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A former soldier from Ollerton in the running for a North Nottinghamshire Busine...

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John Mann pays tribute to international soldiers who helped achieve the British ...

Bassetlaw residents help recycle 311 elephants' worth of garden waste

Research reveals Millenials are '˜wasting their spare time'

Stories Of The Somme at Experience Barnsley inside the Town Hall until November 20, 2016.

VIDEO & 360 PHOTOS: Stories Of The Somme remembers tragic Barnsley Pals

The Spice Girls secured their seventh UK number one single, with Viva Forever, on this day in 1998.

Spice Girls, Cilla Black and Yves Saint Laurent '“ on this day in history...

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LETTER: They had our backs, now it's time for us to have theirs

Bomb disposal units were at Sutton's Idlewells Shopping Centre today after an unidentified package was found.

UPDATE: Bomb squad leaves scene of Notts shopping centre after scare
Reports are coming in that the Sutton shopping centre has been made safe and bomb disposal experts have allowed people to enter.
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Hazel will be missed by her friends and supporters at Taversal FC Ladies.

VIDEO: Tribute to much-loved Notts footballer Hazel

The Rifles are in town trying to promote a career in the army for young people. Captain Gary Case, originally form Mansfield, organised the event.

The Rifles: Mansfield soldiers come home to recruit for the army

Pictured Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman in The Railway Man

Film review: The Railway Man

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Gainsborough: Housing policies in support of armed forces

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Yorkshire Regiment battalion is axed in defence cuts

Mercian Regiment battalion one of five to be axed

Paving the way to a heritage centre

War Horse charges to cinema success

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