The repatriation of a soldier killed in Afghanistan will take place on Thursday.

Private Matthew Thornton, of 4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, was killed by an improvised explosive devise on Wednesday. He was 28.

The plane carrying his body is expected at RAF Brize Norton at 12.30pm.

The cortege is due to pass the memorial garden in Brize Norton at around 2.45pm and arrive at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford at approximately 3.30pm.