Soldiers who fell during the First World War are being honoured collectively in name for the first time with a memorial wall in the Cork cemetery where they lie.

Families of two murdered British soldiers have paid an emotional visit to the town where they died to unveil a memorial honouring their loved ones.

A British Army bomb disposal expert died following an explosion while helping to clear IEDs in Afghanistan.

British troops in Afghanistan have carried out one of the biggest air operations of modern times, the Ministry of Defence said.

British troops and Iraqi police impounded an insurgent convoy loaded with anti-tank mines, mortars and rockets headed for the volatile city of Al Amarah, military chiefs revealed today.

Stabbed British policeman Michael Swindells sacrificed his life to save passers-by from a maniac knifeman, his Chief Constable said today.

British troops were battling to control rioting mobs in the Iraqi city of Basra today after a power cut raised temperatures to boiling point.

THE British Government was facing growing criticism last night over claims that four soldiers who received multiple vaccinations before the Iraq war could be suffering from a potential “Gulf War II Syndrome”.

BASRA’S citizens were last night turning their thoughts to re-establishing order in their city, with signs that the frenzied looting was subsiding.

British forces were tonight securing parts of Iraq’s second city, Basra, after pushing their way into its centre for the first time.

British Royal Marine Commandos today launched a second major offensive in the south west outskirts of Basra.

American troops moved to capture Baghdad’s Saddam International Airport as the Iraqi capital came under renewed bombing. Coalition forces occupied around 75% of the sprawling site and initial reports said they met little opposition from Iraqi forces.

British troops today told how they caught a local Baath party kingpin with millions of Iraqi dinars and torture equipment stashed in his home.

Power brokers in Saddam Hussein’s notorious Baath Party are still trying to influence the freed people of Umm Qasr, the British colonel responsible for running the town said today.

THE port of Umm Qasr is not only strategic for the coalition forces attempting to oust Saddam Hussein, it is vital to the very future of the town.

POWER returned to the homes of Umm Qasr yesterday for the first time since the outbreak of war.

An army major accused of cheating to win the top prize on TV quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? was today described as a “hard-working, law abiding citizen who worked for everything he has got”.

IRAQI resistance continued in the southern port town of Umm Qasr and on the northern edge of the Al Faw peninsula last night.

British and US elite forces have launched a raid to capture key oil facilities in southern Iraq.

An Army major said today he had not even known of the existence of a college lecturer who was supposed to have helped him win £1m on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? with a string of coded coughs.

An army major and his wife had debts of more than £50,000 (€73,000) when he allegedly “cheated” his way to the top prize on Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, a court heard today.

Game show host Chris Tarrant told a court today of an army major’s “extraordinary, exciting behaviour” as he answered his way to the top prize on Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

AN army major appeared “very tense” and unhappy minutes after winning the top prize on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, a court heard yesterday.

AN army major used an accomplice’s strategic coughing to “cheat his way” to the top prize in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, a court was told yesterday.

Portadown Orangemen today pledged to remain peaceful as they set off on Northern Ireland’s volatile loyalist parade.

Northern Ireland was holding its breath today hoping the controversial annual Drumcree parade by Portadown Orangemen passed off peacefully.

British Royal Marine commandos were today preparing to deploy to Afghanistan as part of a major operation to help US forces flush out al-Qaida and Taliban fighters still holding out in the Afghan mountains.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell was arriving in London today for talks with Tony Blair after a major US strike at caves where Osama bin Laden was reportedly sighted.

A British Royal Engineer was injured after stepping on a landmine near the Bagram airbase, north of the Afghan capital Kabul, the Ministry of Defence confirmed today.

An Army major and his wife have been bailed after being arrested over allegations of deception on ITV's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Major Charles Ingram, the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? contestant accused of cheating on the show, has issued a writ against the programme makers to recover his £1m winnings.

Police are investigating whether a Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? jackpot winner was helped by someone coughing.

British troops have withdrawn from South Georgia, almost 20 years after its invasion by Argentinian soldiers sparked the Falklands War.