Soldier honoured for help after Vegas attack

A British soldier who rushed to the aid of those injured in the 2017 Las Vegas massacre has been decorated in the latest round of military honours.

Trooper Ross Woodward, from the 1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards, has received the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery – something he said came as a “total surprise”.

Trooper Woodward was in the US gambling capital following a training exercise in Nevada in Otober last year when gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire at the Mandalay Bay hotel.

Despite the chaos, the 24-year-old from Beeston, Nottinghamshire, guided people to safety and tended to those who had been injured.