25 h. ago National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday

The National Park Service will no longer offer free admission to Americans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth, but will waive admission costs on President Donald Trump's birthday

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4 d. ago Army veteran, 88, forced to work in supermarket after losing pension in GM collapse

An 88-year-old Army veteran, who was forced to work full-time after losing his pension, is finally retiring after supporters raised more than $1.2 million (£902,000) to help him rebuild his life

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5 d. ago Ukraine detains British army veteran on suspicion of spying for Russia

Kyiv accuses Ross David Cutmore of helping Moscow plot assassinations and attacks on military training centres

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7 d. ago British father unlawfully killed by suspected Iranian drone on empty Middle East oil tanker, inquest finds

A BRITISH father was unlawfully killed by an Iranian drone while on an oil tanker, an inquest found.  Adrian Underwood, 44, was working as a security officer on the empty vessel near Oman when the device hit.  The Army veteran, of Andover, Hants, joined a maritime security agency in 2020.  The motive behind the strike on...

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2 w. ago Moment angry neighbour sets army veteran grandfather's gazebo on fire while he is soaking in the hot tub 'because he was jealous of his nice garden'

Dennis Coles , 66, from Stockton-on-Tees, said he has suffered PTSD from the blaze and had a flash back to a petrol bomb attack he faced when he served in Northern Ireland in the early 1980s.

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2 w. ago Watch Jake Paul’s gruelling sweaty workout as he plots body transformation for heavyweight clash with Anthony Joshua

JAKE PAUL has given fans a look into his gruelling training routine ahead of his blockbuster fight with Anthony Joshua. The pair are scheduled to face down in Miami, Florida on December 19th. The mega event, labelled Judgement Day, will be broadcast live on streaming service Netflix. Paul should already be in good condition, having...

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3 w. ago Burglars steal First World War medals from veteran's home on Armistice Day while he's at memorial service

Kevan Ball, had his collection of his grandfather's medals from his home in the Oxfordshire village of Broadwell on Tuesday.

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3 w. ago Sicily deserves better than the looming prospect of a giant bridge that will never get built | Jamie Mackay

Troubled waters over the world’s longest suspension bridge are no surprise. The Italian government should be funding public servicesA dozen or so times each day, as Italy’s southbound Intercity rail service arrives in the Calabrian town of Villa San Giovanni, the journey comes to a dramatic halt. The train is decoupled from its tracks, carefully loaded on to the deck of a ferry, and secured in place. The entire cargo then eases out into the Strait of Messina en route to Sicily. Invariably, this 25-minute crossing becomes an impromptu community moment. Passengers abandon their carriages, flocking to the ship’s top-deck snack bar to share freshly fried arancini, trade anecdotes, and admire the vista over Mount Etna’s distant peak, before returning to continue their journey by rail.For tourists and itinerant visitors like myself, the ferry crossing is a charming novelty. For local people, however, it has long been a defining part of their identity. In his 1941 novel, Conversations in S...

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3 w. ago Army veteran from Leighton Buzzard joins Remembrance Day service in London

Army veteran from Leighton Buzzard joins Remembrance Day service in London  Leighton Buzzard Observer

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3 w. ago Queen Camilla stuns commuters by riding train for Armistice Day service

Camilla was greeted at Chippenham station by pupils with poppies

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3 w. ago Carnival season in Germany and Armistice Day services: photos of the day – Tuesday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Princess Kate fans left fuming as BBC make major blunder during Remembrance appearance

The Princess of Wales made a poignant appearance at the annual Armistice Day Service of Remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum this morning but it was not without controversy

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3 w. ago The Beckham feud has hurt everyone. Here's how Brooklyn and Nicola believe it can be healed, insiders tell ALISON BOSHOFF

Last Tuesday was a red-letter day for the Beckham family. David was knighted for services to sport and charity. There were tears, and joyful celebrations with all the family - well, most of it.

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3 w. ago Brooklyn Beckham and his wife Nicola have offered to end their feud with his parents

Last Tuesday was a red-letter day for the Beckham family. David was knighted for services to sport and charity. There were tears, and joyful celebrations with all the family - well, most of it.

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3 w. ago 'We will remember them': Princess of Wales's touching tribute to the fallen at moving Armistice Day service

The Princess of Wales, 43, arrived at the Royal British Legion Service of Remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire this morning.

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3 w. ago Prince Harry makes surprise appearance ahead of Kate's powerful Remembrance Day service

The Duke of Sussex made an unexpected appearance - proudly wearing his military medals - to offer words of support and kindness to veterans ahead of Remembrance Day

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3 w. ago Kate Middleton leads nation in emotional silence on moving Armistice Day

The Princess of Wales is at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire where she is taking part in a Service of Remembrance to mark Armistice Day today

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3 w. ago Next day delivery, no weapons allowed: the unstoppable postal service keeping Ukraine going

Nova Poshta connects frontline cities to the capital, and to millions of refugees across Europe, delivering everything from home comforts to house moving boxes, even under fireIn a post office 10 miles (15km) from Ukraine’s frontline, in a suburb of the eastern city of Kharkiv, business is brisk on a chilly autumn morning – despite the ballistic missiles that had shaken the city at midnight, lighting up the sky with a false dawn of flames.The customer area is fitted out with phone-charging stations “and a small co-working space, which people can use during blackouts, since we have generators”, says the branch manager, 30-year-old Yaroslav Dobronos. There is also a changing room, in which a young woman is trying on, with a critical gaze, a new pair of jeans, before repacking them and sending them straight back.Nova Poshta logistics hub in Kyiv, where packages are moved through a complex set of scanners and chutes before being loaded on to lorries for the journey to their destinations...

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3 w. ago Services set to take place around Scotland for Armistice Day

The annual event takes place on November 11.

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3 w. ago The heartwarming Remembrance Day poem 'close to Kate's heart': Princess of Wales will read specially commissioned sonnet as part of moving service

The Princess of Wales will today take part in a moving Armistice Day service featuring a specially-commissioned poem that is 'close to her heart'.

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