Three paras honoured at service

Three soldiers from the North East and Cumbria are being remembered at a service to honour troops killed in Afghanistan in the past six months.

Pte Nathan Cuthbertson, 19, of, Sunderland and Pte Charles David Murray, 19, of Carlisle, were killed in a suicide attack in June.

L/Cpl Kenneth Rowe, 24, of Newcastle, was killed in a fire fight in July.

They are among 15 members of the 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, being remembered in Essex on Thursday.

About 600 members paraded ahead of the service at St Peter's Church in Colchester.

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