16 m. ago Royal Family lead VE Day tributes to wartime heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom at Westminster Abbey service

King Charles III and Queen Camilla led the royals including Prince William and Kate in London today as they commemorated the sacrifices of Second World War veterans and their generation.

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63 m. ago Clash over town’s VE Day 80th anniversary display as some councillors brand decorations ‘dismal’

Bolton's Armed Forces champion, himself a veteran, has criticised the borough's Conservative group who described the display, which includes an elaborate poppy installation, as 'embarassing'

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88 m. ago Elon Musk's Tesla destroyed by Brit WW2 veteran in a Sherman tank to mark VE day

As Elon Musk's fortunes continue to suffer following reports Tesla were looking to oust him – which were rebuffed by company higher-ups – a Brit WW2 has literally crushed one of his cars

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1 hour ago Five of the best David Attenborough shows to watch: from Frozen Planet to Dynasties

To celebrate the veteran broadcaster’s 99th birthday, here’s our pick of his best shows

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2 h. ago VE Day latest: King to attend service as UK marks 80 year anniversary of allied victory in Europe

VE day marks 80 years since Germany officially surrendered to the Allied powers, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe

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2 h. ago 'It was all men. It got a bit boisterous': Britain's oldest female WWII veteran, 107, reveals how war ravaged nation celebrated VE Day

Joan Harrison, 107, is deaf and nearly blind, yet she clearly recalls the moment that the war came to an end, as she sat at the wheel of her ambulance.

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2 h. ago New system will help support armed forces veterans across Lanarkshire

It coincides with the 80 year anniversary of VE Day this week

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3 h. ago VE Day latest: UK marks 80 year anniversary of allied victory in Europe with country

VE day marks 80 years since Germany officially surrendered to the Allied powers, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe

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3 h. ago VE day UPDATES: Britain marks 80th anniversary of WW2's end in Europe

At 3pm eighty years ago on May 8, 1945, then Prime Minister Winston Churchill took to the airwaves to announce that Nazi Germany had unconditionally surrendered - and that the cruelty of World War II was finally at an end

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4 h. ago Paul Nichols dead: Baywatch icon dies less than two weeks after wife's death

The veteran publicist who saved iconic TV series, Baywatch, from cancellation has died at his home in Texas almost two weeks after his wife died

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4 h. ago 'I broke down when I left Liverpool but I was right to turn down contract they offered me'

Liverpool offered a new contract to back-up goalkeeper Adrian last summer, but the veteran decided to move back to his boyhood club Real Betis instead of warming the bench

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4 h. ago VE Day 80th anniversary: William and Kate among royals to join PM and veterans at Westminster Abbey service

Ten-year-old Alexander Churchill, the great-great-grandson of wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, will light a candle of peace

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4 h. ago Veterans mark VE Day with swimathon covering 80 lengths weekly over two months

Veterans Lance Williams and Sheila Botley took on the challenge to raise money for the Swansea Veterans Hub.

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5 h. ago Hundreds gather for VE Day service led by First Minister Eluned Morgan

'As the number of living veterans decreases, it becomes ever more important that we keep their stories alive and pass them to future generations'

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5 h. ago Relive VE Day as it happened 80 years ago when Britain threw epic party to celebrate Germany's surrender in WWII

LIVE UPDATES: Follow minute by minute details of Britain's VE Day celebrations on May 8, 1945 as the nation celebrated victory over Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War.

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6 h. ago Europe after VE Day, Brexit, and one thing Churchill and Hitler agreed on

The Second World War left former colonial European powers decimated, setting the stage for two superpowers to emerge, writes Manchester University history lecturer Dr Louise Clare

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6 h. ago 'As a whole, it was thank God it's over': War veteran aged 101 recalls VE Day 1945

'I think there was a feeling of relief, no doubt about it, because you were thinking that the killing, the dying, is stopping'

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7 h. ago The witnesses: second world war survivors from across Europe share their stories

On the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war in Europe, survivors, including veterans from both sides, remember what happenedEighty years ago today, on 8 May 1945, the second world war in Europe came to an end with the unconditional surrender of Germany’s armed forces. The number of people who remember the war – and how it finished – decreases every year, even as European security feels ever more precarious.Here, seven people, aged between 85 and 100, from Estonia, Poland, Britain, Germany and Romania, talk to the Guardian about their memories.Dorothea is a passionate supporter of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans and recently launched its Our Heroes Fund, to raise money for future trips for veterans to the continent and across the UK. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Veteran who lied about age to join up tells of ‘relief’ at learning war was over

Don Turrell, 99, forged a letter from his parents to enlist in the Army underage.

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9 h. ago Westminster Abbey service to mark 80th anniversary of VE Day

Ten-year-old Alexander Churchill, the great-great-grandson of wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, will light a candle of peace.

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