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The Latest Breaking News from WW2

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

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

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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

Daily Mirror

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?

Wales Online

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 Record

'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

Daily Mirror

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.

Glasgow 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.

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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"

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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

Liverpool Echo

Spitfire that flew in WWII makes its way home after 79 years

The plane was retired n 1945

Daily Mirror

Inside abandoned home of WW2 surgeon with bottles of sedatives and empty hospital beds

A photographer has given a glimpse inside the abandoned home of a Second World War surgeon, with its bottles of sedatives, hospital beds and medical examination rooms.

Daily Mirror

Spaniel rejected as sniffer dog successfully detects WW2 live grenade on beach

Springer spaniel Luna was rejected as a sniffer dog by the emergency services but proved she'd still taken in some training, after sniffing out a potentially explosive bomb buried on a beach in Norfolk while out on a dog walk

Daily Mirror

Northampton Aldi shoppers evacuated after unexploded WW2 bomb discovered

Army bomb disposal experts are on their way to the Aldi supermarket in Northampton after what is thought to be an unexploded WW2 ordnance was found

Daily Mirror

Pensioner who survived WW2 arrested in Russia for protesting against Ukraine war

Hundreds of Russians across the country have taken to the streets to protest against the illegal invasion of Ukraine, including in Moscow and St Petersburg

Daily Record

Remains of WW2 airmen identified as elderly suspect released without charge

A probe was launched by North Yorkshire Police at the end of March last year, with officers searching remote farmland near the quiet village of Chop Gate.

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