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MoD calls soldier training deaths from heat exhaustion 'unacceptable'

The MoD has published its response to the damning report on the deaths of James Dunsby from Trowbridge and 2 others.

Earlier this year a coroner ruled that neglect played a part in the deaths of the three Army reservists, who collapsed during a 16-mile SAS test march.

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Video: SAS has 'a culture of cover ups'

"A culture of cover-ups" and planning "on the back of a fag packet": our reporter Rupert Evelyn talks to a member of the SAS about the background to the inquest into the deaths of three soldiers on a training exercise.

The coroner ruled today that neglect played a part in their deaths, and that they would not have died if the army's own regulations on heat illness had been followed.

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