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The former head of the British Army has told the Victoria Derbyshire programme that he refused to take a drug he knew was being given to his troops because of his concerns about its safety.

Lord Dannatt is speaking for the very first time about his own son's mental health issues after an Army doctor gave him the anti-malarial drug Lariam.

He says his son Bertie, a former soldier, became "extremely depressed" when he took it in the late 1990s.

Lord Dannatt is urging the Ministry of Defence to show "generosity" towards service men and women seeking compensation over its effects.

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