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The coffin of Lance Corporal Dane Elson, who was killed in Afghanistan, at RAF Lyneham yesterday

This bloody war: eight British troops killed in 24 hours

Five British soldiers were killed yesterday in a devastating roadside bombing, the largest number to die in one single attack, bringing to eight the number killed in the most deadly 24 hours of the Afghan campaign.

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Two men have been jailed after becoming the first in the UK to be convicted of inciting racial hatred online. Simon Sheppard, 52, was sentenced to four years and 10 months while Stephen Whittle, 42, was given a term of two years and four months.


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