POLICE are investigating the death of another soldier at Europe's biggest Army base.

A 34-year-old man was found hanged in a store room at the Somme Barracks, in Catterick Garrison, at 9.40am on Wed-nesday.

The soldier, who will not be named until next of kin have been informed, was a lance corporal with the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment.

A police spokesman said the death was being treated as sudden and unexplained.

A post-mortem examination confirmed the man died from hanging -the eighth to have died in that way at the base since 1997.

Seven soldiers have died from gunshot wounds in that time, and families have demanded the Government launches a public inquiry.

This call was repeated yesterday by Lynn Farr, whose son Daniel died at the base in 1997.

She said: "The Government needs to listen to us and take us seriously before there are any more deaths.

"I think they are starting to listen, but now we want them to act."

Last month, Mrs Farr joined families of soldiers who died at Catterick and at the Deepcut base, in Surrey, for a Downing Street protest calling for a public inquiry.

Next month, Mrs Farr and others who have lost loved ones at the two bases will meet members of the Defence Select Committee.

The committee was asked to carry out an inquiry after Surrey Police concluded there was no third-party involvement in the deaths of four soldiers at Deepcut, but recommended a wider probe should be held into how the Armed Forces care for trainees.

Liz McManus, the mother of Derek McGregor, who was found hanged at Catterick in July last year, said: "It is a big problem, it is not just about Deepcut.

"More soldiers have died at Catterick, but they are doing nothing about it.

"In my son's case, there is a big chunk of the jigsaw missing, and I need answers."

An Army spokesman said the investigation into the latest death had been passed to North Yorkshire Police.