A British soldier killed in a landmine blast in Afghanistan has been laid to rest beside his baby daughter in the North.

The body of a soldier from the North killed in Afghanistan will be repatriated today.

A British soldier from the North may have been shot dead accidentally as he and a colleague cleaned their rifles, it is understood.

A soldier from the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment has died after an explosion in Afghanistan, Britain's Ministry of Defence (MOD) said today.