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Normandy's D-Day beaches added to UNESCO World Heritage list
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (674+ words) Soldiers leaving a landing craft onto Omaha Beach during the Normandy Landings on D Day. June 6, 1944 Beaches in Normandy in northern France, where thousands of Allied soldiers landed on D-Day in World War Two, have been added to UNESCO's World…...
Funeral held for D-Day veteran Jim Glennie
6+ hour, 43+ min ago (254+ words) Read more about this story. Funeral held for D-Day veteran Jim Glennie. Video, 00:00:49Funeral held for D-Day veteran Jim Glennie Up Next. What you need to know if you're travelling to France or Spain. Video, 00:01:27What you need to know if you're…...
Hull man cleans war memorials in memory of D-Day soldier grandad
15+ hour, 26+ min ago (708+ words) Joel Haigh, the grandson of a D-Day veteran, is cleaning two war memorials in Hull city centre The grandson of a World War Two soldier who stormed a French beach on D-Day says it has been a pleasure cleaning two…...
D-Day veteran who died aged 100 to be laid to rest in Aberdeen
15+ hour, 8+ min ago (823+ words) Jim Glennie was one of Scotland's last surviving veterans of D-Day A veteran who was one of Scotland's last survivors of the D-Day landings is to be laid to rest after his death at the age of 100. Jim Glennie was…...
Crowds gather at Brandenburg Gate for vigil
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (243+ words) Video, 00:00:24Crowds gather at Brandenburg Gate for vigil Up Next. BBC speaks to Palestinians targeted by Israeli settlers. Video, 00:01:28BBC speaks to Palestinians targeted by Israeli settlers Watch: At the scene of Berlin Pride attack as manhunt continues. Video, 00:01:27Watch: At the scene…...
WW2 soldier's cigarette case reunited with family after 80 years
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (914+ words) Stanley Drew's only daughter, Diane Owen, was reunited with her dad's cigarette case that was found by Dutch metal detector Filip Krapels A silver cigarette case belonging to a World War Two soldier that was found 82 years after he died…...
Coventry jet pioneer Sir Frank Whittle celebrated with new Royal Mail stamps
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (871+ words) Sir Frank Whittle designed the first turbojet engine to enter RAF service The pioneering work on the jet engine by Sir Frank Whittle has been celebrated with a new set of stamps from Royal Mail. Whittle, who was born in…...
Austrian police station opens at Hitler's birthplace in bid to rid site of Nazi link
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (702+ words) Police were stationed outside the refurbished building as it opened on Wednesday Austria has opened police station in the house where Adolf Hitler was born, in the town of Braunau am Inn. It follows years of controversy about what to…...
Tributes to former bishop born on vicarage table during blitz
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (11+ words) BBC...
D-Day veteran Ken Cooke, 100, 'honoured' by Freedom of City of York
1+ week, 3+ day ago (803+ words) D-Day veteran Ken Cooke has previously had a bus and a railway locomotive named after him York's last surviving Normandy veteran says he is "shocked and honoured" to be awarded the Freedom of the City. Ken Cooke, 100, was 18 when he…...