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Blitz spirit returns as families stock up on torches, generators and tinned food

Amid fears of a National Grid power cut, Travis Perkins said sales of £200 generators leapt 200% in the first 11 days of October compared with the same time last year - as people also snapping up cheaper wartime grub like Spam.

Daily Mirror

Devastating aftermath of UK wildfires after firefighters had worst day since the Blitz

Following shock 40.3C temperatures recorded in the UK and wildfires destroying houses and vehicles, the London Fire Brigade say they have had the worst day since the Blitz

Daily Mirror

Fire which swept through village ‘like a scene from the Blitz’, says resident

An entire street became engulfed in flames in one area, with neighbours gathering together to seek refuge in a local church, residents said.

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The Standard View: Londoners are showing that Blitz spirit – they shouldn’t have to

Tube stations shuttered, railways hubs eerily deserted — even Euston Station is exhibiting an air of calm. But beneath it all, the disruption and chaos are widespread.

Evening Standard

Rhondda village bombed during the Blitz finally gets a memorial

More than two dozen people lost their lives that night in Cwmparc and the youngest was just 18 months old

Wales Online

Struggling mum forced to use cooking technique from the Blitz to save on soaring energy bills

Jennifer Jones has seen her gas bills rise by £600 and her electricity bills are set to treble

Manchester Evening News

Permanent exhibition to commemorate the victims of the Clydebank Blitz could be set up

A plaque to commemorate the lives lost as a result of the bombing during World War II has been unveiled in Dumbarton.

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Sir Steve McQueen discusses new Blitz film at Windsor investiture ceremony

The Oscar-winning filmmaker and artist, who directed 12 Years A Slave, was given his knighthood by the Princess Royal.

The Independent UK

Plaque commemorating bombing of Dumbarton during WWII to be laid

It's part of plans to mark the 80th anniversary of the Clydebank Blitz.

Daily Record

Ukrainian compares Kyiv shelling to the Blitz but says citizens stand ‘united’

Vitaliy Rulyov has urged Britons to ‘close your eyes and imagine’ how it feels to experience bombs falling outside your home.

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Terrified children shelter in metros in somber echoes of the Blitz

Young children have been pictured in underground metro systems huddled together in fear as they shelter from Russian shelling in cities around Ukraine including the capital Kyiv

Daily Mirror

Dippy the Dinosaur returns to Natural History Museum

It has survived the Blitz and the attentions of millions of tourists and now Dippy the Dinosaur is coming home.

Evening Standard

Clydebank Blitz 80th remembrance service to take place in March

The commemoraton event has been scaled back from original plans, with a special medal no longer being handed out in a ceremony but instead being hand-delivered to recipients.

Glasgow Live

Hidden TikTok Blitz beach that tells the story of lost Liverpool

Fragments of historic buildings that were bombed during the Blitz are strewn across the sand

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Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester fires which changed Britain forever - from Woolworths to the air disaster that left 55 dead

'Woolworths was the big, prominent catalyst for change'

Irish Mirror

Irishwoman who lived through The Blitz in London and had plane crash through her roof celebrates 100th birthday

Bridie Taylor told about surviving her home being bombed during World War Two

Manchester Evening News

Stretford gran reveals how she survived plane crashing through her house, The Blitz and lockdowns to celebrate 100th birthday

'It was very scary, our house got bombed while we were out dancing'

Liverpool Echo

WW2 hero almost destroyed the Liver Birds defending Liverpool in blitz

War hero Tom Jones celebrated his 100th birthday this month

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Fishermen ‘fortunate not to be killed’ after boat hit by wartime bomb used in Blitz

Seven fisherman are lucky to be alive after their vessel was hit by an underwater German wartime bomb, marine officers have said.

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