Prayers for the six fallen soldiers

Prayers have been said and candles lit for the six soldiers killed in Afghanistan at a sombre service attended by hundreds of people paying their respects.

Halifax Minster in Yorkshire filled with people of all ages, many among them old soldiers proudly wearing their campaign medals, to remember the men who died when a Taliban roadside bomb destroyed their Warrior armoured vehicle in Helmand Province on Tuesday.


Prayers for fallen British soldiers

Six British soldiers killed in Afghanistan are being remembered at church services in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Warminster.