A memorial bench has been unveiled to honour 154 men killed or injured during a battle in France, the day after D-Day. The engraved bench in Lebisey Wood, Normandy, has been set up to honour soldiers from the Royal Warwickshire regiment who took part in the campaign on 7 June 1944. Jason Woods, from the […]
The daughter of a D-Day veteran who died while serving in World War Two has said she is “immensely proud” of his service. Pte Cecil Mercer from Kidderminster was the first soldier from the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters regiment to lose his life after Allied troops landed in France on D-Day. Diana Talbot, from Suckley, […]
Jack Willis has developed an emotional attachment to Toulouse that indicates a prompt return to England is unlikely. Willis added a Investec Champions Cup winners’ medal to the Top 14 honours he claimed last season after Leinster were defeated 31-22 in extra time at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday. The 27-year-old flanker was magnificent in […]
On a small island off Japan’s north-eastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats. The “Neko Jinja”, or Cat Shrine, mythologises cats as guardian angels of Tashirojima, where cats outnumber humans. According to legend, the island used to be famous for sericulture (silk production) and farmers would keep cats because […]
Germany’s constitution, or Basic Law, was a “great gift” after the tyranny of the Nazi regime, President Frank-Walter Steimeier said at the ceremony marking the entry into force of the law 75 years ago. “A gift that must not only be remembered, but that we must cherish, preserve and defend in the everyday life of […]
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has honoured the achievements of the many Turks who have come to Germany since the 1960s, when they helped to fill the demand for labour and rebuild the country’s post-war economy. “They helped build our country, they made it strong and they belong at the heart of our society,” he said […]
Thames Water customers could see their bills rise by 40% by 2030, the company’s bosses have warned, because of its high levels of debt. The i reports the firm’s financial woes have raised the prospect of the government taking it into public ownership at a cost to the taxpayer in the billions. [BBC] Thames Water […]
The Polish Sejm, the lower house of parliament, has passed a resolution on 22 February, to mark the upcoming second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, to commemorate the victims of Russian aggression and call for the perpetrators to be brought to justice. Source: European Pravda Quote: “Joining the pain of the families who […]