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Tributes have been paid to Sunday Mirror journalist Rupert Hamer who was killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan on Saturday morning.

Rupert died when the vehicle he was travelling in with American troops in south Afghanistan was hit by an improvised explosive device. Sunday Mirror photographer Phil Coburn was seriously wounded in the same incident.

He might be the Prime Minister-in-waiting but political ambition has not stopped David Cameron coming up with an idea to make life a little better for soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Conservative Party leader was at The O2 yesterday to launch his Tickets for Troops initiative.

Katherine Jenkins heads back to The O2 next year and it's fair to say she's excited about it.

The Welsh mezzo-soprano brings her first solo tour to the arena on March 13, coming back to the venue she played last year with ballerina Darcy Bussel in the Viva La Diva show.

By Aidan Jones

The thud of helicopter blades cascades into the emergency room, followed by a bleary tannoy announcing the arrival of casualties.

Dozens of military medics move to their stations, aprons fastened over their uniforms.

It might not seem the best time to put yourself in the firing line but that has not stopped the Territorial Army recruiting in Canary Wharf this week.

Soldiers from Nine platoon of the C (City of London) Fusiliers Company of the London Regiment were stationed in Jubilee Place mall today hoping to entice Wharfers to join up.