Britain will unite in quiet contemplation today as Remembrance Sunday services are held in tribute to members of the armed forces who have died in major conflicts. The Queen will take part in a service at Whitehall's Cenotaph.
British soldiers in the Helmand province of Afghanistan have paid tribute to military and civilian servicemen and women killed in conflict, to mark Remembrance Sunday.
ITV News has obtained a video statement made by a former Royal Marine who was later killed fighting against Islamic State in Syria.
A recent three million year-old discovery in Eithiopia has pushed the timeline of human history back 400,000 years.
A split in conditions for the coming few days