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WW2 veteran with no surviving relatives celebrates 105th birthday with 3,000 cards

A charity appeal saw thousands of strangers send Ernest Horsfall birthday wishes

Wales Online

Funeral of black WWII veteran Flight Sergeant Peter Brown set for historic RAF church

A date for the funeral of Peter Brown, one of the RAF's WW2 veterans who died alone has now been set for next month after the event became 'inundated' with requests to attend following an appeal for mourners

Daily Mirror

Search for family of one of RAF's last black WW2 veterans who died alone

A heartbreaking appeal has been launched to find mourners to attend the funeral of Peter Brown - one of the 'last black' WW2 heroes who died alone in his flat

Daily Mirror

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Plea for public to send birthday cards to WW2 veteran who has no relatives when he turns 105

Ernest Horsfall turns 105 next month and the Royal British Legion has called for people to send him birthday cards

Wales Online

Glasgow woman whose dad served in WW2 celebrates memorial for South Asian soldiers

Glasgow's South Asian community have welcomed a new memorial which is set to be built in Kelvingrove Park in honour of those who fought alongside the British army during the world wars.

Glasgow Live

'I found my long-lost sister 75 years after I was adopted at the end of WW2'

Sheila Fry and Annie IJpelaar were both trying to solve a 75-year-old mystery countries apart, but an at-home DNA test finally reunited the long-lost sisters after they were separated in the aftermath of WW2

Daily Mirror

Man left shell-shocked after bomb squad called over WW2 shell he took home from beach in his pocket

Wayne Boyle was 'chipping away' at the ammunition before realising what it was

Manchester Evening News

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Police dispose of unexploded WW2 shell in Mourne Mountains

The shell was found by a member of the public on Sunday afternoon on Slieve Binnian

Belfast Live

Heart-warming moment veteran goes swimming for first time since surviving sinking ship during WW2

Roger Roberts enjoyed his first dip in 80 years thanks to the care home where he lives

Wales Online

German submarine lying off Ayrshire coast gave up enemy's greatest WW2 secrets

The U-boat's last mission played a pivotal role in Britain winning the war.

Daily Record

Lid lifted on incredible story of WW2 couple laid to rest in Ayrshire war grave

Plucky pilots Douglas and Margaret Fairweather were dedicated to their roles during WW2.

Daily Record

Veterans 'dizzy with hunger' forced to sell war medals to put food on the table

One WW2 hero told the Mirror the "dark days" are still here for his generation, on the 104th anniversary of Armistice Day yesterday. Jack Mortimer, 99, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, fought for the freedom of his country on D-Day aged just 20

Daily Mirror

Woman Flies Grandpa’s WW2 Plane After Finding It On Other Side Of World

"We were doing barrel rolls, loops and going upside down - I was proud I didn't throw up! "

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Putin unleashes newly-qualified female pilots in war for first time since WW2

Vladimir Putin's 'night witches' have graduated and are ready to enter the war in Ukraine, with Joseph Stalin the last Russian leader to permit female pilots during WW2

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Wales Online

Black History Month: The men stationed in Swansea in WW2 who went on to be famous and hugely influential

What connects Barack Obama, Martin Luther King and Gandhi to the city of Swansea?

Daily Record

Scots OAP delighted to be among first to get 100th birthday card from King Charles

Glaswegian Ruth Park-Pearson told how George VI was on the throne when she joined up during WW2.

Daily Mirror

'A&E wait crisis would be an emergency were there a functioning government in place'

Ros Wynne Jones revisits the story of 95-year-old WW2 veteran Stan Solomons who was left in a hospital corridor for 26 hours this week and wonders what the plan is

Daily Mirror

Houses shake after enormous bang as metal detectorists find unexploded WW2 grenade

North Yorkshire Police were alerted by the public to a possible ‘unexploded bomb’ while they were using a metal detector on the outskirts of Harrogate, and subsequently carried out a controlled explosion

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Glasgow Live

Concern over 'unexploded WW2 ordnance' on £5m West Dunbartonshire housing site

While nothing has yet been found, a survey will be carried out after it was suggested a previous development plan had stalled over concerns about the possible munitions.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh's Irvine Welsh to star in budget WW2 Nazi zombie film

A WW2 Nazi zombie that features Irvine Welsh as a mad Russian scientist is set to be released in September with the entire cast creating the film on a shoe string budget.

Daily Mirror

Unexploded WW2 bomb found in city centre lake by man 'looking for his sunglasses'

A man searching for his sunglasses he had dropped in the lake at Greenbank Park, in Liverpool, found an unexploded WW2 bomb sparking a major police and army operation, it is reported

Liverpool Echo

Artist creates amazing sculpture using WW2 rubble

The rubble is believed to have been used for sea defences in WW2

Daily Mirror

Inside Vladimir Putin's fears and paranoias that mirror Adolf Hitler in 1945

Vladimir Putin is becoming increasingly paranoid, fearing assassinations and is mirroring the behaviour of Adolf Hitler at the end of WW2, reportedly says Professor Mark Galeotti

Wales Online

The completely unique plans to transform a WW2 observation post into an ultra-modern home

The architects behind the planned new property say they want to add to site's "rich tapestry of history"

Evening Standard

Herne Hill: Builders find two suspected WW2 bombs in south London garden

Police raced to nearby Dulwich Golf course to blow up the bomb - and are still trying to let the manager know

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