Falkland Islands

Falklands veteran finally gets service medal

A Falklands veteran has finally received the service medal he should have got almost three decades ago.

Mark Moore, who is now 50 and served as a bomb disposal expert, lost the lower part of his legs when he stepped on a mine near Port Stanley.

He never received his South Atlantic medal in 1982 because it was sent to an old address.

But when staff and customers at his local - the Albion pub in Skipton - heard about it they organised a collection to replace it. The leftover money is being donated to Help for Heroes.