French actress and children's writer Cécile Aubry has died at the age of 81.Her best known creation was the book Belle et Sébastien, about a young boy and his mountain ...

The bravery of Staff Sergeant Brett Linley - named this morning as the bomb disposal expert killed on Saturday - has been revealed by Lt Col Gerald Strickland.He has spoken ...

It's been another tragic week for British troops in Afghanistan - and their families and friends back home.Eight more tribute pages have been added to the Heroes of Afghanistan section ...

The sister of former Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards hasn’t lost hope of finding the troubled star.Richey went missing in February 1995 and is widely believed to have committed ...

Trooper James Leverett, who died in Afghanistan on Monday, was expecting his first child.The Ministry of Defence confirmed the death of the Royal Dragoon Guards soldier this morning.Trooper Leverett’s girlfriend ...

As the German national side prepare for their World Cup semi-final against Spain tomorrow, it seems a fitting time to remember former captain and World Cup-winner Herbert Erhardt.He died on ...

The sad news that the grande dame of British literature, Dame Beryl Bainbridge, died this morning aged 75 has sparked a debate on the Guardian website about which was her ...

The MoD have confirmed that a Royal Marine was killed in Afghanistan yesterday, 1 July, 2010.

Listeners to this morning's breakfast show on BBC 5live will have heard presenter Nicky Campbell pay an emotional tribute to his childhood friend and later work colleague the broadcaster Alan ...

A lottery winner who pumped his jackpot money into his beloved football club has died.Paul Bristow and his wife Thea hit the headlines in 2004 when they won £15 million ...

A man who killed a taxi driver while trying to commit the ‘perfect murder’ has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.Colin Cheetham (right) was sentenced yesterday at Nottingham Crown ...

The Ministry of Defence has announced the name of the British bomb disposal expert killed in Afghanistan at the weekend.Corporal Jamie Kirkpatrick was fatally wounded in a small gun battle ...

The man who brought glam rockers Kiss to the world has died.Bill Aucoin, who was 66, spotted the make-up and leather-clad group’s musical and marketing potential at an early show ...

Tributes have been flooding in to award-winning and prolific playwright and screenwriter Alan Plater who died from cancer on Friday.He had moved to the city of Hull as a youngster ...

Scottish father-of-two Bombardier Stephen Gilbert has been named as the soldier who died from his injuries in a British hospital on Armed Forces Day this Saturday - 16 days after ...

One of the four soldiers killed in a road accident in Afghanistan on Wednesday had left the Army - but returned as a volunteer reservist.He was Lance Corporal David Ramsden, ...

The original bass player of seminal 1960s band The Kinks, Pete Quaife, has died at the age of 66.Quaife began the group in 1962 with schoolfriend Dave Davies and they ...

A bloody week in Afghanistan continues with the news that a further four British soldiers have died in Afghanistan.This comes after four Royal Marines also lost their lives in the ...

While most of the country gears up for the England game, there's sobering news that a fourth Royal Marine from 40 Commando has died in as many days.The latest fatality ...

Tributes are flowing in for Lancashire-born Royal Marine Paul Warren who died following an explosion in Afghanistan on Monday.Marine Warren was 23 and serving with Charlie Company, 40 Commando Royal ...