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Tributes paid to fallen soldiers

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Prince Charles and the Prime Minister have been leading tributes to the two British soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday.

Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe is the most senior British army officer to be killed in action since the Falklands war. 18-year-old Trooper Joshua Hammond died in the same explosion.

Allan Little reports.

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