Guy Muir News Today

A devastating wildfire that destroyed vast swathes of forest and moorland near Cannich should serve to warning of the importance of being fire aware.

A funeral service has been held for a veteran from the Parachute Regiment, who had lived at a Mitcham care home for nearly 13 years. James Jimmy Ashdown had been living at HC-Ones Fieldway care home in Mitcham when he sadly died aged 92. But his final sendoff at Richmond Cemetery last month saw history repeat itself. Jimmy was renowned for his tribute, at the age of 55, to a Regimental Sergeant Major at his funeral at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He had walked 30 miles from h...