THE last desperate radio message from an RAF Hercules shot down in Iraq was heard at the inquest into the deaths of the 10 servicemen on board yesterday.

A British security guard kidnapped by the Taliban was apparently killed as American soldiers neared the hideaway on a search and rescue mission in Afghanistan, an inquest heard today.

AN inquest jury yesterday returned a verdict of unlawful killing on the death of a young RAF engineer who took part in secret nerve gas tests 51 years ago.