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Soldiers from 3rd battalion The Parachute Regiment were under attack from petrol bombs and missiles as they fought running battles with protesters as part of an exercise in 'public order training' at Lydd Army Training Base in Kent last week.

Plans to cut 400 Gurkhas from the armed forces have been called ‘disrespectful’ by the local Folkestone and Hythe Labour Party and they are planning a protest against the Government decision to slash their jobs.

By Karol Steele

Hundreds gathered on a gloriously warm and sunny Autumn morning outside the Town Council offices in Maison Dieu House for the Dover Remembrance Service on Sunday (13 November)

By CJ

In this week of Remembrance, organisers of the proposed 2013 Air Show have added their own tribute to the fallen.

War memorials in villages and towns in Kent and across the country are increasingly being targeted by heartless metal thieves.

A solder from 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, based at Shorncliffe Barracks, Folkestone has been killed during operations with Afghan Police partners in the the Nahr-e Saraj region of Helmand Province (15 October).

Police are investigating following a shooting incident at a Ministry of Defence training ground at Lydd Ranges on Romney Marsh, Kent yesterday afternoon (14 September).

42 Gurkhas from Kent in a total of 140 across the country face losing their jobs in cuts being made to the armed forces.

By CJ

I would just like to mention my own personal sadness at the death of Red Arrows pilot Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging at the Bournemouth Air Show.

By CJ

Taken from the Battlefields of France, The Unknown Warrior now rests in peace in a tomb in Westminster Abbey, a national symbol of remembrance for those who fell in service during the horrific battles of the First World War ... the war to end all wars.