Royal Engineers Lance Corporal Andy Murray is helping to bring some home comforts to people manning a radar site in the Falkland Islands.
L Cpl Murray, 25, from Hurworth, near Darlington, joined the Army in 1996 and has served in Germany, Canada and Northern Ireland.
During his three months in the Falkland Islands, he has been improving the plumbing in the bathrooms and the kitchen in the radar installation's accommodation.
L Cpl Murray returns from the Falkland Islands next week and is due to go on a tour of Bosnia in November
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