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Veteran recalls being thrown from ship in explosion weeks after D-Day
Press Association News via AOL· 2 hours agoA Royal Navy veteran has recalled being thrown from his ship after an explosion that killed 31...
UK's quietest airport that serves less than one percent of Heathrow’s passengers
Daily Express· 18 hours agoThe quietest airport in the UK serves less than one percent of the passengers at Heathrow. Kirkwall...
Royals and veterans prepare to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day landings
Press Association News via AOL· 10 minutes agoOn Tuesday, veterans will set sail from Portsmouth across the Channel – mirroring their pivotal...
Royal Navy warship leaves Portsmouth to protect vital UK trade routes
Daily Express· 5 days agoThe attack happened in the southern Red Sea near the crucial Bab el-Mandeb Strait, theUnited Kingdom...
Royal Navy's HMS Duncan leaves Portsmouth to protect trade routes
BBC News· 5 days agoA Royal Navy warship, HMS Duncan, has deployed on a mission to protect international trade routes in...
Veteran visiting Normandy on D-Day anniversary to ‘pay respects to shipmates’
Press Association News via AOL· 19 hours agoA Royal Navy veteran plans to visit Normandy on the 80th anniversary of D-Day to pay his respects to...
Why is a police chief facing a discipline hearing?
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSo why was Mr Adderley suspended and now facies a disciplinary hearing? Who is Nick Adderley? Nick Adderley was born in 1966 and grew up in Manchester....
Don’t take the Mickey: Why creative degrees need more respect from Tory 'big cheeses'
Evening Standard via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoIt’s a course that has produced bright and brilliant talent. People who’ve gone on to influence and...
Cards sent to Devon woman for her 101st birthday
BBC News· 4 days agoA Royal Navy veteran is marking her 101st birthday in style after a social media campaign led by staff at her care home. Gwen, and her fellow residents...
D-Day veteran plans to remember friends in Normandy
BBC via AOL· 2 days agoNorman Bartlett, from Blackwater in Hampshire, joined the Royal Navy in 1942 when he was 16-years-old. He served in the Pacific where he witnessed the...