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Page last updated at 07:27 GMT, Friday, 24 October 2008 08:27 UK

Nightingales get bravery awards

Nurses who helped rescue 100,000 injured soldiers from the battlefields of World War II have been honoured for their bravery.

The "flying Nightingales" have been given lifetime achievement awards by the Duchess of Cornwall.

Wendy Urquhart reports.

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