Funeral of Fusilier Lee Rigby to be held

Fusilier Lee Rigby will receive a full military funeral on Friday at Bury Parish Church in Greater Manchester.

His body was guarded overnight during a vigil at the church by members of his regiment, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

The 25-year-old soldier, from Middleton, was killed in Woolwich, south-east London, in May.

Ed Thomas reports.

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