Parade plan for return of Shropshire's Royal Irish Regiment

A parade is to be held to welcome Shropshire-based soldiers back from Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Defence has not confirmed where the parade for Royal Irish Regiment personnel will be held, but said it would take place towards the end of May and will feature events in Shropshire and Northern Ireland.

Currently members of the regiment's 1st Battalion, based at Tern Hill, near Market Drayton, are on operations in Afghanistan and nearing the end of their tour.