News Briefing
In this section the Daily Echo brings you the detail behind the stories. We will provide detailed coverage of certain articles, giving our readers the chance to look at all the background information available that we could not fit into the paper.  | A taste of things to come | | 12:28pm Sat 28 Jun 08 | | A Hampshire regiment preparing for frontline action
have been put through their paces in a major battle
exercise on the Canada plains. JENNY MAKIN was there |
 | A piece of the action! | | 9:25am Fri 27 Jun 08 | | SITTING in the shadows of an armoured Warrior, they were given their orders of how battle would begin. |
 | Prairie tales | | 9:06am Thu 26 Jun 08 | | Hampshire troops have spent more than three weeks in the vast Canadian prairies for the culmination of their training since they were last on the frontline in 2006. | | Reader comments (2) |
 | Exercise Control | | 11:26am Wed 25 Jun 08 | | Exercise Control - or Excon as it is known - is the hub of everything that is happening to 1PWRR out on the prairie. |
 | Hampshire troops to return to the front line | | 2:55pm Mon 23 Jun 08 | | Hampshire troops have
deployed to Canada as
the culmination of 18
months’ vigorous training
since they returned
from Iraq. On land the
size of Luxembourg
they are facing the ultimate
test of endurance
to ensure they are
among the best in the
world when they return
to the frontline. Jenny
Makin joins them in
the battle for the prairie. |
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