He’s seen it online. He’s heard the stories. But this was the first time my step dad actually experienced the Nürburgring—and in a Porsche GT3, no less. From the first corner, his expression said it ...

If the things they got up to at one Shropshire military base were anything to go by, VE Day saw one heck of a party - and a ...

This year marks 80 years since VE Day, the anniversary of Germany’s surrender marking the end of the Second World War in ...

Commemorative events are taking place across the country to mark 80 years since World War Two ended in Europe.

Ruth Bourne's war work was so secretive not even her own parents knew about it - but while they saw her as a giggly teen, she was actually codebreaking at Bletchley Park. Now, 80 years on from VE Day, ...

Anyone who kept a diary risked being be jailed. But now, at the age of 99½, ex-Royal Marine Tom Hill has finally decided to reveal his secret ...

Ruth Barnwell, from Putney, signed up to the Women’s Royal Navy Service (Wrens ... after her childhood friend Ted was killed onboard HMS Hood. “I went down to Oxford where there was a ...

Ruth Barnwell, from Putney, signed up to the Women’s Royal Navy Service (Wrens ... She signed up to the Wrens after her childhood friend Ted was killed onboard HMS Hood. “I went down to Oxford where ...

On 31 March 1941, warned of an imminent coup, the Regent escaped to asylum on HMS Cockchafer. On 3 April, Ali seized power. His coup cut a vital air link and land route between India and Egypt.