WHAT'S ON: COMMUNITY

Friends Leigh Morgan (22) and Marco Turnbull (19), both Royal Engineers, based at RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire, are running the London marathon together to support SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity. Marco is the youngest runner for the charity and Leigh is the tallest.

Marco comes from a military family and has seen first hand what a help SSAFA can be

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Speaking in the latest General Talk podcast, hosted by Harry Bucknall, bestselling author, Joshua Levine, talks about the unsung heroes of the Special Air Service (SAS) during World War Two and his very latest book: The Illustrated History of the SAS. Joshua tells Harry how his book breaks new ground including new archive photos and stories about the less famous heroes in the regiment’s early days.

Gareth Davies is currently walking from Chepstow to Prestatyn along Offa’s Dyke path to raise money for Woody’s Lodge. This will take around 10 days. Although he is doing this alone, he would very much like to encourage anyone to join him for their local stretch of the walk. Details are on Facebook. He will post updates of where he can be found every day, for people to join in for a bit of banter.

On 23 April Fire Protection Engineer Martin Hills will be getting a close shave for charity in his local public house, The Duchess of Kent. Having spent many hours hearing stories from his friend, London cab driver Paul Cook about the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, Martin decided he wanted to raise some money to support the veterans.