British soldiers banned from training for snowy conditions at Norwegian base because health and safety rules deem it too COLD

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British soldiers cannot join NATO counterparts in Porsanger, Norway

Temperatures can drop to -25C, but rules prevent soldiers from facing them

A Norwegian officer says the rules have caused 'amusement' among locals

 

British soldiers are being banned by health and safety rules from training at a military base in the Arctic circle - because it's too cold.

Locals at the Allied Training Centre in Porsanger in Norway said they were stunned that while Norwegian troops were out in -25C weather, the Brits were being kept in the warm because of the army rules.

The base commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Trond Thomassen confirmed: 'British officers are not in a position to train with large divisions at Porsanger, where the temperature drops to 25 degrees below zero.

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