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New figures by Help For Heroes reveal the 'shocking scale' of Britain's injured veterans including mental health.

Three servicemen who were wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq have teamed up with a brewery to create a beer to raise funds for Help for Heroes.

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Former corporal Christian Nock has almost completed his epic 8,000 mile trek around the UK's coastline, sleeping rough the entire way.

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An injured serviceman who lost both legs when he was blown up in Afghanistan has described how he recovered to row across the Atlantic.

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George Osborne has told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme that recent fines paid by some of Britain's biggest banking firms will be used to provide treatment and support to injured soldiers.

I want to make sure that as a society we don't forget about these people long after the war is over so we are committing for the rest of these people's lives to support the military covenant, to support them, to go on spending £10 million a year on these sorts of causes.

We can do this in part because we are using the money we have taken off bankers involved in the Libor scandal. So the people who demonstrated the very worst of British values in the Libor scandal, in the City, are now supporting those who have demonstrated the very best of British values.

– The Chancellor George Osborne

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More than 1,300 cyclists took to the streets of central London today in aid of the armed forces charity Help for Heroes.

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More than 1,300 cyclists took to the streets of central London today in aid of the armed forces charity Help for Heroes.

The Hero Ride saw hundreds of organised bike rides from around the country meeting in Blackheath, southeast London before travelling together to the finish line at Horse Guards Parade.

ITV News reporter Piers Hopkirk reports:

Help for Heroes bike ride

Singer and former Life Guards officer James Blunt told ITV News why he chose to take part in today's bike ride for Help for Heroes, explaining the armed forces charity is "a wonderful thing":