On May 8 1945, Peter Marshall, a 20-year old Wireless Operator on Lancaster bombers was on a training sortie. As they headed back to base, he was twiddling the controls of his radio set and came...
David Beckham has topped off his 50th birthday celebrations with an intimate trp to the Scottish Highlands with his sons Romeo, 22, and Criz, 20. But now, the football ace has acknowledged the...
In March 1940, in an unremarkable Birmingham University office, German-born physicist Rudolf Peierls and his Austrian-born colleague Otto Robert Frisch wrote a memorandum. In it they argued that a...
Red Arrows, royals and street parties: What to look out for on VE Day at 8027 minutes agoRosemary McCabeBBC JournalistGettyVE Day marked the end of World War Two in Europe. Huge crowds took to the...
A historic World War II Spitfire dramatically crash-landed in a Kent field while “practising for a VE Day event”. The aircraft plunged into a farmer’s crops after it was seen circling “for a...
A knocked-out US Sherman along a Normandy hedgerow in June 1944 (Image: Ullstein Bild via Getty)At the end of June 1944, Lance Corporal Ken Tout was still waiting to be allocated a new Sherman tank....
Wreaths left following the National Service Of Remembrance At The Cenotaph (Image: Getty)Betty Webb MBE was a remarkable woman. When she died in March, aged 101, the outpouring of affection was...
How ordinary Poles are preparing for a Russian invasion 12 hours agoWill VernonBBC NewsReporting fromWroclaw, PolandBBCAt a military training ground near the city of Wroclaw, ordinary Poles are...
How ordinary Poles are preparing for a Russian invasion 1 hour agoWill VernonReporting fromWroclaw, PolandBBCAt a military training ground near the city of Wroclaw, ordinary Poles are lining up,...
How ordinary Poles are preparing for a Russian invasion 1 hour agoWill VernonReporting fromWroclaw, PolandBBCAt a military training ground near the city of Wroclaw, ordinary Poles are lining up,...
Ibiza, long celebrated as Europe’s summer playground, is facing a surprising shift. Once a magnet for partygoers, influencers and sun-seekers, the island is seeing a noticeable dip in tourist...
Ruth Buzzi, the actress and comedian best known for her work on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, died on May 1 aged 88 and her family confirmed the heartbreaking news in a Facebook post. "Ruthie left...
A British war veteran who survived the D-Day landings, as well as being shot three times in the line of duty, has died aged 101. Cecil Newton, from the village of Aldbourne in Wiltshire, served in...
Queen legend Brian May has revealed what he would like his legacy to be as he opened up about mortality. The 77-year-old revealed he no longer works on Queen projects for the money, having sold the...
The war in Burma has been dismissed by some as a strategic sideshow, in the sense that winning or losing was not decisive in ending the conflict. This began with the ‘Germany First’ policy agreed...