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Nearly 40 fire engines unable to tackle London wildfires due to firefighter shortage, says union

Nearly 40 London fire engines were unavailable to tackle wildfires on the busiest day for firefighters since the Second World War, according to a union.

Evening Standard

London fires: Scores of homes destroyed by devastating blazes as firefighter tells of ‘absolute hell’

London Fire Brigade had its busiest day since the end of the Second World War with more than 2,600 emergency calls made

Evening Standard

Tory leadership candidates on European Convention on Human Rights as two rule out leaving

Tom Tugendhat and Penny Mordaunt have both ruled out leaving the European Convention on Human Rights - drawn up after the Second World War. But other Tory leadership candidates are harder to pin down

Daily Mirror

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COVID-19 curbs off, but Census still on slow burner

Experts question the data gap and the missing decade in Census that remained uninterrupted even during second world war

The Hindu

Reflections on black US soldiers’ experiences in the UK

Brief letters: Second world war | One-fingered salute | Stones in the flowerbeds | The Brazil nut effect | Royal Mail’s late deliveries

The Guardian - UK

Man creates amazing 25ft Blackpool Tower replica in his Airbnb back garden

The 25ft tower was originally put together by a group of apprentices during the Second World War but had fallen into disrepair after it spent decades traversing the country

Daily Mirror

The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn review – a grand debut of cosy delights

The country set confront the realities of the second world war in this sweeping historical epic

The Guardian - UK

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Inside pre-fab homes meant to last two decades but still being lived in 70 years later

More than 150,000 temporary homes made of prefabricated steel were erected at the end of the Second World War as Britain faced a housing crisis, with dozens still standing

Daily Mirror

Female pilots finally celebrated for crucial role in Battle of Britain

Pioneering female aviators delivered planes wherever they were needed in the second world war – armed with just a notebook

The Guardian - UK

Hershel Williams: WWII veteran and last Medal of Honour recipient

As well as raising the US flag on the beaches of Iwo Jima, the marine was famed for the action he took during the notorious battle

The Independent UK

Shinzo Abe: Japan’s longest-serving prime minister

The scion of a prominent political family, Abe’s role at the helm of Japan’s domestic politics and international affairs spanned nearly a generation

The Independent UK

The Twilight World by Werner Herzog review – a film-maker’s eerie debut

Herzog draws on the extraordinary story of a real-life Japanese soldier who fought on for decades, unaware that the second world war was over

The Guardian - UK

Meet a real-life angel from the Second World War as she celebrates her 100th birthday in County Durham

Ann Kay was an 'Aycliffe Angel,' the name given to munitions factory workers during the Second World War

Chronicle Live

WW2 veteran 'thrilled' after receiving letter from Nicola Sturgeon on 103rd birthday

A SECOND World War veteran has said he is “absolutely thrilled” after receiving a letter from Nicola Sturgeon on his

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Nazi guard, 101, jailed for five years for serving in concentration camp

The former guard was found guilty of serving in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during the Second World War

Wales Online

Government suffers first by-election double defeat since 1991

A double by-election loss for a government is so rare in British politics that it has now happened only seven times since the Second World War

Zenger

Baby-Faced Killers: Author Claims Up To 4,000 British Schoolchildren Were Trained As WWII Assassins

A historian and author of a new book claims up to 4,000 British schoolchildren were trained to become assassins by Britain’s MI6 secret service during the Second World War.

The Guardian - UK

Windrush generation ‘moved to tears’ as monument unveiled in London

Basil Watson’s sculpture at Waterloo station celebrates pioneers who arrived in Britain after second world war

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Evening Standard

The world will never be safe if we turn our backs on Ukraine, says Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson has urged western leaders to prepare for a protracted war in Ukraine or risk “the greatest victory for aggression in Europe since the Second World War”.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson warned his threat to quit human rights treaty risks stability in Northern Ireland

All European states except Russia and Belarus are signatories to the convention drawn up after the Second World War

Evening Standard

The Standard View: Five years and still no justice for Grenfell

It was five years ago this morning that Londoners awoke to news of the worst residential fire in Britain since the Second World War.

The Guardian - US

‘We are destroying our future’: New Yorkers join gun reform protests

The march kicked off at Cadman Park Plaza, where a memorial honors Brooklynites who served in the second world war

The Conversation

D-Day: The politics involved in how war should be memorialized and remembered

Villages and towns along the Normandy coast will fill with visitors this week to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6. Flags will fly to welcome and acknowledge those who fought in the Great Crusade. Over the summer, hundreds of commemorations will take place to mark…

The Conversation

Will the exodus of Ukrainians surpass the Second World War's refugee flows?

In a recent news release, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) counted more than 100 million people globally who have been displaced and forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution.

Edinburgh Live

Drone footage explores Edinburgh’s abandoned coastal defences from the Second World War

A video uploaded to YouTube shows drone footage as it flies over the Forth - exploring the islands of Cramond and Inchmickery, two of Edinburgh's coastal defences during the war.

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