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Northern Ireland D-Day links connecting young people to the past
BBC News· 4 days agoOne of the secrets to teaching history is finding a way of connecting pupils to that past. When it...
The American D-Day soldiers who left messages in a castle
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAndy then tracked down some of Tony Vickey’s relatives in America to let them know about the details...
What did the papers say about D-Day?
BBC via AOL· 2 days agonews from France. On D-Day, for instance, the News Letter reported that the family of Flying Officer.... Such memories of bombing raids would have...
'I remember scenes of joy after D-Day success'
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTens of thousands of Allied troops landed in gliders and on the beaches of northern France on 6 June 1944. It was the largest seaborne invasion in...
Wales second in the world for recycling rates
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“I often talk about a Welsh way of doing things and the team effort which had led to today’s achievement is one we should all be rightly proud of – da...
Unions meeting education minister over strike action
BBC News· 5 days agoThe education minister will meet trade unions on Monday in an effort to resolve a long-running dispute over pay and job grading. Nipsa and GMB have...
PM apologises for leaving D-Day commemorations early
BBC News· 17 hours agoPrime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologised after a backlash for leaving D-Day commemorations in France early. In what is widely seen as the biggest gaffe...
Derry D-Day hero: Field Marshal Montgomery and the maiden city
BBC News· 4 days agoAmong them was a place that Montgomery said felt most like home - Londonderry. “In Tripoli in 1943...
Lyra McKee: Police officer heard 'horrifying scream,' trial hears
BBC News· 2 days agoA retired police officer has told a court he heard a “horrifying scream” around the time Lyra McKee...
