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Crowds welcome returning soldiers | |
(about 12 hours later) | |
Crowds have turned out in Liverpool city centre for the homecoming parade of 100 soldiers returning from Afghanistan. | |
Members of the 2nd Battalion, The Rifles, marched through the city's streets to St George's Hall earlier. | |
The Rifles are based in barracks in Northern Ireland but have close links with Liverpool, with many soldiers recruited from Merseyside. | |
The troops were led by the Band and Bugles of the Rifles. | |
The parade marched past crowds of spectators at 140 paces a minute, a rapid marching pace which is a characteristic of the regiment. | |
Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Mike Storey, said: "I'm honoured to be able to host the Brigade 2 Rifles at the town hall and be able to watch them marching through the city." |
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