27 h. ago Granny, 34, blames 'petrol bomb attack' for being high on cannabis during school run

Samantha Eaton, 34, was stopped by police in the Bebington area of the Wirral in Merseyside but was found to be almost one and a half times the limit for the psychoactive component of cannabis

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3 d. ago Nagasaki mayor says never again as Japanese city commemorates 80th anniversary of US atom bomb attack

The US dropped the bomb on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, killing 70,000 by the end of that year, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima that killed 140,000.

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4 d. ago Nagasaki’s twin bells ring in unison for first time in 80 years to mark atomic bombing

Mayor of Japanese city used the anniversary of US bombing to urge the world to stop armed conflicts, warning nuclear war was ‘looming’ over everyoneTwin cathedral bells rang in unison in Nagasaki for the first time in 80 years on Saturday, commemorating the moment the city was destroyed by an American atomic bomb.The two bells rang out at Immaculate Conception cathedral, also called the Urakami cathedral, at 11.02am, the moment the bomb was dropped on 9 August 1945, three days after a nuclear attack on Hiroshima. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago King Charles to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day with an address to the nation

The King will commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day with an address to the nation, Buckingham Palace has announced.

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6 d. ago King Charles to make historic address in days echoing words of his grandfather

The King is preparing to make an historic address next week to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, when allied forces celebrated victory over Japan at the end of the Second World War

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6 d. ago 80 years after the atomic bomb: A photo gallery from Hiroshima

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city.

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7 d. ago Voices: Why are we commemorating Hiroshima’s 80th anniversary with new nuclear weapons?

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki should be a reminder of the horrors of nuclear attack – not a chance for Britain to announce it is spending billions on submarine-launched atomic warheads, says Caroline Lucas

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7 d. ago British POW who witnessed Hiroshima atomic bomb was 'dangled in hell and hauled out'

On this day in 1945, the world was changed forever when the USA dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing thousands of civilians within seconds

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3 w. ago 'Loveliest' couple, 83 and 77, 'were killed by petrol bomb in arson attack on home'

Peter Eric Greener, 77, died on Wednesday and his 83-year-old partner Sheila Jackson died in the morning of Thursday in an 'absolutely sickening' suspected arson attack.

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