DIGGER firm JCB has won a £14 million order from the French military.

The deal, the biggest the company has ever won from the French armed forces, is to provide a fleet of around 100 specially armoured and camouflaged backhoe loaders.

The machines, made at the company's headquarters in Rocester, are to be deployed by engineer regiments in conflict zones around the world.

The news comes less than a week after the firm announced it had won a £2 million-plus deal from vehicle auction company Copart UK.

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