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Quilts from the Second World War tell the stories of the Canadian women who sewed them

In 1992, in Esher Library southwest of London, England, Josephine Andrews and her mother, Christine, collected blankets to donate to Kurdish refugees of the Gulf War.

The Conversation

People don't know who won WWII, what started it and who was UK PM

40% of people don't know what the Blitz was. 30% are unaware a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima

Wales Online

Schoolboy's stroll on beach near Edinburgh uncovers fascinating WWII artefact

Father and son's stroll along the sands in East Lothian unearths historic bullet casing from the Second World War that was likely fired by RAF gunners stationed at one of the region's famous airfields.

Edinburgh Live

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Edinburgh woman who worked in munitions factory and never holidayed abroad turns 100

Margaret Anderson was born in the Dumbdykes area and worked in a munitions factory in Bonnyrigg throughout the Second World War, as well as working for the Scottish Motor Traction, a bus and taxi firm in Scotland

Edinburgh Live

Massive 'sink hole' opens up on a busy UK street and reveals lost underground tunnel

An underground tunnel, which was once part of the former Scotland Street Railway Line and former a bunker in the Second World War, was found when a sinkhole opened in Edinburgh

Daily Mirror

King Charles's first big change to late Queen's beloved estate since her death begins

Work is now progressing on a brand new "climate-friendly" topiary garden at Sandringham after being given the go-ahead by King Charles, which will replace a vegetable patch that was used in a famous campaign during the Second World War

Daily Mirror

Two Second World War veterans celebrate their 100th birthdays together over Zoom

Ken Hobbs and Margaret Wilson met through the Blind Veterans UK charity and celebrated their milestone birthdays together.

The Independent UK

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Praise for communities rocked by unexpected Second World War bomb blast

People were evacuated from their homes after the unexploded device was found in a river in Great Yarmouth on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Huge blast after second World War bomb explodes unexpectedly in Norfolk

Norfolk police confirm ‘unplanned’ detonation of World War II bomb

The Independent UK

Second World War bomb explodes unexpectedly in Norfolk town

Emergencies services and agencies declared a major incident following the discovery of the unexploded device in a river in Great Yarmouth on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Group of Second World War veterans meet for lunch in London

The 30 ex-soldiers congregated in the RAF Club for lunch on Friday afternoon.

The Independent UK

Sprawling Edinburgh mansion that was top secret RAF HQ during Second World War

Torwood House played a pivotal role during the conflict as a RAF headquarters controlling barrage balloons that were crucial in defending Britain's skies from German aerial bombardment.

Edinburgh Live

The EU shows its weaknesses again amid another looming migration crisis

The 2015 European migration crisis still impacts the European Union today. More than 1.3 million displaced people sought asylum in the EU, the most since the Second World War.

The Conversation

Letter: Gerald Moore obituary

Idowu Omoyele writes: Gerald Moore was one of a number of non-African critics to involve themselves with the continent’s literature after the second world war

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Controlled explosion in Cramlington after suspected Second World War shell found at Bellway site

At around 3pm this afternoon bomb disposal experts were able to carry out a controlled explosion at the scene

Daily Mirror

Give Ukraine western fighter jets to fight Russians, urges Boris Johnson

The former Prime Minister dismissed fears UK and US aircraft would prove complicated for Ukrainian pilots, pointing to the success of Polish airmen flying RAF planes in the Second World War

The Independent UK

Second World War in film: 20 of the best war movies ever made

D-Day marked the beginning of the end of the Second World War, a period of our history captured on screen in all its guts and glory. Graeme Ross sticks his head above the parapet...

Evening Standard

King and Queen consort light candles to remember horrors of the Holocaust

The royal couple lit the candles at Buckingham Palace after meeting a survivor of the Second World War genocide

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The Independent UK

King and Queen Consort light candles to remember horrors of the Holocaust

The royal couple lit the candles at Buckingham Palace after meeting a survivor of the Second World War genocide.

The Conversation

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is now an opera – the case for adaptating the book that the Auschwitz Museum said 'should be avoided'

Irish novelist John Boyne published his novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas in 2006. The protagonist, eight-year-old German boy Bruno, has no idea that his father is the kommandant of a concentration camp during the second world war. Bruno and his family are sent to live with their father…

The Independent UK

Holocaust survivor urges people not to be silent over antisemitism

John Dobai, 89, lived through the Second World War as a child in Hungary, but five of his family members were killed.

The Conversation

War leaves a toxic legacy that lasts long after the guns go quiet. Can we stop it?

The number of armed conflicts currently raging around the world is the greatest since the end of the Second World War. These wars can leave toxic environmental legacies and cause untold damage to human health.

The National (Scotland)

Scots D-Day veteran given France's highest military honour – 78 years later

A 101-YEAR-OLD Scottish Second World War veteran has been awarded France’s highest military award – more than 78 years after his part in the…

Bangkok Post

Ukraine, the UN and the ties that bind

The United Nations (UN) represents the pinnacle of the post-Second World War system. But just how effective is it today in the face of the crisis facing Ukraine, triggered by its next door neighbour Russia?

Daily Mirror

Inferno village still traumatised 6 months on from fire hell on hottest day of 2022

Wildfires broke out across tinder-dry Britain on July 19, 2022 leaving firefighters battling in the heatwave. It was the busiest day for the London Fire Brigade since the Second World War

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