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Colne rower Gregg Stevenson

World Championships for Colne rower

Gregg Stevenson and Lauren Rowles

Colne commando teams up with Paralympic rowing legend

Andy Reid climbed Mt Kilimanjaro (photo: Guinness World Records)

UK amputee sets new world record for highest burger delivery

Josh Patterson (credit Run for 1 Million)

Made in Chelsea star Josh Patterson on depression and his 76-marathon challenge

Gregg Stevenson during his time in the Army

Ex-Green Beret who lost his legs in Afghanistan helping vets with mental health

Harry, Duke of Sussex, appeared on CBS late night talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday evening (US time)

Harry addresses Taliban controversy on Late Show appearance in US

Harry: The Interview with Tom Bradby - how to watch on TV

Prince Harry reveals he killed 25 Taliban while serving in Afghanistan

Chris Jordan is congratulated by Ben Stokes

How to watch England v Sri Lanka at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on TV

Burnley's Peace Garden laid out in preparation

Poignant preparation of Burnley's Peace Garden

Gregg and Darren

Burnley veteran's crisis card praise

Aaron Finch lifts ICC World Cup Trophy with Australia in 2021

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022: when the tournament starts- how to watch

In evidence presented to MPs, a whistleblower has said then Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab ‘failed to grasp the situation' in Afghanistan (image: Getty Images)

Whistleblower reveals UK Government ‘failures’ over Afghanistan evacuation

Paul “Pen” Farthing’s flight arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport at around 7.30am on Sunday (Nowzad)

Pen Farthing ‘couldn’t let dogs be shot by the Taliban’ and says one was stabbed...

Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue was the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan (Photo: Department of Defence / Twitter)

RAF prepared to launch air strikes against ISIS as US completes Afghanistan with...

Final British flight from Afghanistan returns to UK - as Defence Secretary pays ...

Tony Blair

Tony Blair: We have moral obligation to stay in Afghanistan until all are evacua...

President Joe Biden

UK in race to evacuate Britons and Afghans as Biden sets rescue deadline

This is where you can donate clothes for Afghanistan refugees - list of charitie...

Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has been accused of putting interpreters’ lives at risk in Afghanistan (Photo: Getty Images)

Dominic Raab accused of failing to make Afghanistan call on holiday

Former Burnley soldier, Andrew Powell, who served in Afghanistan, and is the founder of Healthier Heroes, has said that help and support for ex vets is needed 'now more than ever.'

Ex soldier from Burnley who served in Afghanistan says that support for veterans...

Wallace close to tears as Defence Sec admits "some people won't get back" from Afghanistan (Credit: LBC)

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace breaks down after admitting 'some people won't get...

Taliban takes control of Kabul just days after US-led coalition left Afghanistan

People have been attempting to flee the country. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

UK troops race against time to rescue 6,000 Brits as Taliban take Kabul

Lance Corporal Jordan Dean Bancroft.

Flagship project for struggling ex-servicemen to be named in honour of Burnley...

Clitheroe Castle turns purple for polio

Clitheroe Castle set to turn purple for polio

Burnley Magistrates Court.

Injured Afghanistan veteran could face jail for arson

Burnley Magistrates Court.

Nelson mum left ‘judo expert’ injured after attack

Buster by Will Barrow and Isabel George

Book review: Buster by Will Barrow and Isabel George

Night Heron by Adam Brookes

Book review: Night Heron by Adam Brookes

Major Kath Higgins

Burnley medic joins fight against ebola

Claim cash to stay warm this winter

Nelson Remembrance Day Service.

We should never forget debt we owe Servicemen and women

Our troops leaving Afghanistan

Successful Help for Heroes event

An RAF Tornado. Photo: Chris Radburn/PA Wire

Now’s the time to restore strength of our Armed Forces

Burnley Miners Club, Plumb Street in Burnley. Photo Ben Parsons

Football violence should have stopped years ago

Burnley Magistrates' Court.

Clarets fan’s three-year ban for pushing undercover steward

Burnley Magistrates Court

Soldier caught drink-driving on way back to garrison

Photo Neil Cross. Gregg Stevenson, who is an ex-serviceman, with the world's most advanced prosthetic knee

Photos: Ex-Green Beret first to try ‘bluetooth’ knee

Photo Neil Cross Gregg Stevenson, ex-serviceman, with the world's most advanced prosthetic knee, at the Specialist Mobility Rehabilitation Centre, Fulwood, with Vicki Bateman

First ‘bionic’ knee for wounded soldier

Brigadier Peter Rafferty

New brigadier for Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment

Typhoon fighter jet. Photo: Stefan Wermuth/PA Wire

RAF will be greatly under-employed

Nelson Remembrance Day service.

Time to honour ‘missing’ war dead

Nelson Remembrance Day service.

What a great debt we owe our Servicemen and women

Liverpool Friends of Palestine Silent Voices photography exhibition of pictures taken by children of Bil'in and Liverpool photographer Elaine Stapleton: The Wall can keep me away but it can't take away the love for my homeland

Town twinning helps to promote peace

The Dambusters will run through Padiham and Colne this afternoon

Dambusters squadron to ‘fly’ through East Lancashire