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Cpl Joshua Hoole and his fiancée Rachael McKie
THE father of a British soldier who died on one of the hottest days of 2016 fears that the army has not learnt from his son’s death.
Corporal Joshua Hoole, 26, collapsed during a fitness test at the Infantry Battle School in the Brecon Beacons on July 19 that year.
His father Phillip believes there were “organisational failings” by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and said it was “imperative” for them to be addressed urgently.
When it comes to extreme weather events, from wildfires to flash floods, it’s firefighters who are on the front line of defence, but services have been cut to the bone, and government is not taking seriously its responsibility for the environment, says STEVE WRIGHT
Military justice system's ‘staggering lack of accountability’ and systemic failings revealed
