For 27 years, unexploded mines laid by Argentinians at the height of the Falklands War have turned parts of the island into no-go areas.

But that is all set to the change as experts from Kent prepare to move in to clear contaminated areas in the beach areas of Surf Bay, close to Stanley Airport, Goose Green - the scene of a famous and fierce battle - and others.

BACTEC International, based at Sir Thomas Longley Road, Medway City Estate, won the prestigious Government contract which will make some beaches and mine-contaminated areas in the Falklands safe for islanders for the first time since the Argentinian surrender in 1982.

Several thousand devices will be cleared during the four-month operation which is being carried out on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Falkland Islands Government.

And it won't be the first time in the islands for their chief executive, who served in the army.

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