Tributes to fallen soldier

FAMILY and comrades of a city-based soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan today paid tribute to "one of the Army's rarest treasures".

Serjeant Steven Campbell, 30, from 3rd Battalion The Rifles, died on Monday while on foot patrol in Sangin, Helmand province.

In a statement, his family said: "He was a loving husband to Lisa and a loving father to Brandon, and he will be missed by all his family and friends."

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