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Londoners heard a loud noise this afternoon and, while someone claimed a WW2 bomb had been donated, the London Fire Brigade said the 'bang' is believed to have been thunder

Watching the ritual May Victory Day parade as a correspondent in Moscow a couple of decades ago, I was always struck by its distinctive mix — a noisy exhibition of modern military power but also a day that harked back to past victories, with Second World War veterans waving forlorn…

Allianz won its case against the University of Exeter at the High Court.

Marie Scott and Mildred Schutz served in the British armed forces during the war.

More people are displaced globally now than at any other time since the second world war, millions of them children. Save the Children’s Wonderbooks series is helping kids here to understand the hardships they face – and offering hope for the future

In 1992, in Esher Library southwest of London, England, Josephine Andrews and her mother, Christine, collected blankets to donate to Kurdish refugees of the Gulf War.

40% of people don't know what the Blitz was. 30% are unaware a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima

Father and son's stroll along the sands in East Lothian unearths historic bullet casing from the Second World War that was likely fired by RAF gunners stationed at one of the region's famous airfields.

Margaret Anderson was born in the Dumbdykes area and worked in a munitions factory in Bonnyrigg throughout the Second World War, as well as working for the Scottish Motor Traction, a bus and taxi firm in Scotland