Tributes have been paid to "husband and father" killed in Afghanistan fighting insurgents.
Lance Sergeant David Walker, 36, of 1st Battalion Scots Guards died on Thursday 18th Feb. in Nad-e-Ali.
His family stated; "We are devastated by the loss of David, who was a terrific husband and father."
A total of 263 British troops have died since operations in Afghanistan began in October 2001.
32 killed in Madeira floods
Flooding swept cars away and knocked houses down as a storm killed 32 people on the Portuguese Island of Madeira.
The Lusa Agency quoted another 68 people are being hospitalised in the city, Funchal.
Lusa claimed that roads had been blocked off by broken down trees, houses had been torn down and some bridges had been downed.
Madeira's president Alberto Joao Jardim spoke to European president Jose Manuel Barroso to appeal for emergency from the European Union.
Father jailed for killing Baby Daughter
A father, Olusola Akinrele, 34 was jailed at least 16 years for murdering his six-week old baby daughter Leeya in December 2006. Three weeks before the incident, she had 22 broken ribs, a fractured skull as well as a fractured thigh. She also had numerous bites on her nose and hands.
However, Baby Leeya then died of brain damage 12 days after her body had been found in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.
The baby's mother, Kelly Innman, 22 then pleaded guilty to allowing her death and was cleared of murder. She was jailed for a total of five years and convicted of a separate fraud charge.
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