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Survivor of Normandy landings, who denied being a hero, had campaigned for memorial to ensure fallen comrades remembered

At just 20 years old, Mylchreest helped liberate the key town of Vernon and took part in some of the fiercest battles of the Normandy campaign

Operation Cobra was arguably the most successful allied western European military land operation of the Second World War

On March 22, 1963, the Beatles released their first album "Please Please Me", rocketing the foursome to international fame. Six decades on, we look at how Beatlemania transformed Liverpool, the northern English town where it all began. We also head to Deauville, Normandy for a diverse collection of work from…

Emmanuel Macron, if he had been born in another time, would have conquered half of Europe by now. He might even have installed a puppet Prince Harry as his vassal in London, having first raised an army for him in Normandy then dispatched his ageing father with the help of…

Didn’t snag tickets to Amsterdam’s sold-out Vermeer exhibition? No stress — get your arty fix at other top-tier European galleries instead

The most beautiful gardens in France are the fruit of monumental work by men and women, in partnership with Mother Nature. In the north of Corsica, the magnificent floral paradise of Parc de Saleccia was born from the ashes of a terrible fire in 1974. Much further north, near Mont-Saint-Michel…

The Normandy-based couple said they are forming ‘a solid and protective clan’

With its chalk cliffs and its bright green meadows, the French region of Normandy offers stunning scenery but also iconic local produce. It's in this unique landscape that cider producer Guillaume Capelle grows apples, the local fruit, to make the world-famous Calvados brandy. Meanwhile, Pierre Marie is hoping for a…

The cheapest way from Ireland to Europe used to be via Dover. But now Cherbourg and Rosslare are thriving

At a nuclear waste site in Normandy, robotic arms guided by technicians behind a protective shield manoeuvre a pipe that will turn radioactive chemicals into glass as France seeks to make safe the byproducts of its growing reliance on atomic power.