8+ hour, 22+ min ago  (426+ words) Our grandfathers Tata Terong and Lolo Domeng both fought in World War II. They're both dead now but if they managed somehow to stay healthy and alive, they would be 106 and 104, respectively, this year. I wonder if there are any WWII…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (272+ words) AREA EVACUTED AS BOMB SQUAD REMOVE 'SUSPICIOUS OBJECT' The object found in Merlin Park A COUPLE say their young children found a suspected artillery round from the Second World War while playing in a park after school. A police cordon…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (600+ words) In September 1944, as the Allies closed on Brussels, the Nazis planned to deport 1, 400 Po Ws, members of the Resistance and Jews to almost certain death. The thrilling tale of how Belgian railway workers saved their lives is revealed in a…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (535+ words) 'REMARKABLE INSIGHT INTO THE SUFFERING AND RESILIENCE OF HOMECOMING SOLDIERS' IS DETAILED -By STEPHEN BEECH, SWNS A soldier with his left arm missing, a bandaged head, and with a quill in his right hand. Watercolour by Sir Charles Bell (19th century)…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (446+ words) Normandy veteran Don, 100, fulfils his ambition to be presented with France's coveted Legion d'honneur 81 years on As a young man in uniform with his sister and a pal ONE of the last living D-Day heroes has finally been awarded a…...