Full report on Homecoming Parade
Thousands of people lined the streets of Nottingham to welcome home soldiers from a tour of duty in Afghanistan.
The 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment recruits heavily in the East Midlands, and many of the men's families were there to celebrate their safe return.
Soldiers march through Derby for homecoming parade
Around 300 soldiers from the 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment will march through Derby today, to mark their return home from Afghanistan.
Soldiers parade in Nottingham
Thousands of people have lined the streets of Nottingham to welcome home soldiers from a tour of duty in Afghanistan.
Soldier parade to mark return from Afghanistan
Three hundred soldiers from the 2nd Battalion the Mercian Regiment will parade through Nottingham, marking their return from Afghanistan.