BBC: £2.8m boost for forces memorial
Plans to build a memorial honouring some 16,000 servicemen and women has been given a £2.8m lottery grant. The Millennium Commission has given the money to build the memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire.
The memorial honours people killed on duty or as a result of terrorist action since the end of World War II.
Work started on the monument in October but fundraisers still need to raise another £1.5m.....