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Garrison Sergeant Major Andrew (Vern Stokes) OBE MVO DL, interviewed by Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, Anna Turner JP

Beneath the Bearskin: A special evening supporting Shropshire charity

Rhayader Male Voice Choir performing moving tribute

Rhayader Choir pays moving tribute at Menin Gate

Talks at the Castle, Shrewsbury

Military mapping and battlefield medicine at Shrewsbury talks

A police officer stands at the scene of a mass shooting at a house party in South Africa

Pregnant woman among 11 killed in mass shooting at house party in South Africa

Soldiers in fatigues with their guns up, walking across a field of long grass

Soldiers from Scots battalions face off in Cyprus exercise

Loui Ridi

Palestinian American back at besieged West Bank home but Israeli settlers remain

Posing outside the Elephant and Castle before going off to war - some never to see home again

One last picture for the Dawley boys before war changed their lives

A rescue worker walks in front of Aeon Mall, which was damaged by an explosion following an earthquake

Death toll rises to 18 as rescuers search rubble for quake survivors in Japan

This aerial image shows a chimney collapsed at the Nippon Paper Industries' Yatsushiro factory

Earthquake leaves 13 dead in Japan as effort to rescue survivors continues

Members of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire a 41-gun royal salute in Hyde Park, London, to mark the third anniversary of the coronation of the King and Queen

Gun salute marks anniversary of King’s coronation – after ducklings guided away

Builth Wells' war memorial

Work to refurbish Builth Wells’ war memorial will resume this month

Major Joan Crooke wearing the dress.

Shrewsbury servicewoman's designer army dress on display at museum

Freemasons visit the graves of Shropshire soldiers who fell in the war

Soldiers wade through ‘chest-deep’ snow during training close to Russian border

Scots soldiers continue wartime tradition with blanket design competition

UK troops join Nato exercise as Finland prepares for potential Russian invasion

US-backed aid company in Gaza closes operations
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation had already shut distribution sites after a US-brokered ceasefire took effect six weeks ago in Gaza.
Julia Frankel, Associated Press

Emotional veterans say LGBT memorial ‘means everything to us’

Shropshire First World War Soldier's poignant 'war horse' memento on display in ...

Scottish regiment forms first drone platoon as soldiers train on latest systems

Duchess of Kent’s coffin arrives at Westminster Cathedral on eve of funeral

Nepalese army moves to restore order after protest violence intensifies

Five Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza and 51 Palestinians dead in strikes

Plus Stunning dress once worn by remarkable Shrewsbury Major to go on display

Plus Peter Rhodes on risky opinions, the bill for barracks and how Whitehall works

In Pictures: Bearskin caps in the luggage rack as Coldstream Guards return home

Coldstream Guards mark 375th anniversary with return to birthplace Berwick

Discover walking trails at historic South Shropshire estate in aid of museum cha...
On Sunday 22 June, special waymarked walking trails await discovery at the scenic Acton Scott Hall estate, with donations supporting the Soldiers of Shropshire Museum as it strives for financial resilience in its 40th anniversary year.
Robert MacKinnon

Israeli use of Palestinian human shields in Gaza is widespread, detainees say

Rubio calls India and Pakistan in bid to cool tensions after tourist massacre

Army to help tackle Birmingham rubbish as bin workers vote on strike deal

Israel’s army says it will fire air force reservists who condemned war in Gaza

Vienna archaeologists reveal mass grave of fighters in Roman Empire-era battle

23 more people killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza, medics say

Wife of Palestinian film director says he was savagely beaten outside his home

Oscar-winning Palestinian director ‘attacked by Israeli settlers and detained’

Starmer urges renewed efforts on legacy as MP condemns Clonoe ambush ruling

Pentagon prepares to deploy 1,000 more troops for immigration crackdown

British Army fires new artillery gun for the first time on Nato exercise

Soldiers keep wartime tradition alive with festive blanket competition

Tens of thousands watch parade celebrating India’s 76th Republic Day

The blunders that allowed spy Daniel Khalife to avoid detection and escape jail

Soldiers deployed on streets in Mozambique amid post-election protests

From suitcase secrets to a ruby celebration: Spring history talks at Shrewsbury ...

Makeshift memorial grows in Ukraine’s capital after 1,000 days of war

Syrian government falls to lightning rebel offensive as Assad flees

Girl missing as heavy rains in Bolivia cause landslide in capital La Paz

Meet Jessie the donkey who 'saved Christmas' in Shrewsbury during the Second Wor...

Comforting things and military deployment: Museum’s call for objects and testimo...

Man who stabbed French soldier ahead of Olympics taken to psychiatric hospital

Attacker stabs and wounds French soldier patrolling Paris ahead of Olympics

Rescuers recover first body after buses swept into river in Nepal

Texas coastal residents told to prepare as Beryl heads for Gulf of Mexico

Kenya’s president says he will not sign finance bill that led to protests

Soldiers in Malawi search forests for missing plane carrying vice president

Families reclaim remains of 15 Greek soldiers killed in Cyprus in 1974

China deploys dozens of warplanes and ships near Taiwan

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