2 h. ago ‘A wonderful mystery to be solved’: Search begins in Dorset for ‘the Mother of all tanks’

Lost for over a century, discovery of wartime letter has rekindled interest in unlocking the secret of the world’s first prototype tankAt the height of the second world war, while British authorities were calling on citizens to donate metal to be recycled into weapons and warships, attention at the army base of Bovington Camp in Dorset turned to a collection of historic vehicles dating from the first war – among them a legendary tank that had been nicknamed “Mother”.Mother was the prototype for the world’s first battlefield tank, the Mark 1, which had been developed by Britain in 1915-6 to break the deadlock of the trenches. The vehicles were a huge technological leap forward that caused a sensation when rolled out on the battlefields (“astonishing our soldiers no less than they frightened the enemy”, as the Manchester Guardian put it) and helped tip the scales in favour of the allies’ eventual victory. Continue reading...

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Police have limited time left to find concrete evidence in Praia da Luz connecting suspect Christian Brueckner with Madeleine’s disappearance

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64 h. ago Witness who first linked Christian Brueckner to Madeleine McCann is 'convinced' prime suspect knows what happened to her and there is 'hope' for missing girl's parents

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3 d. ago Madeleine McCann search latest: Police ramp up Praia da Luz hunt for missing girl with radar and excavator

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3 d. ago Madeleine McCann detectives begin digging with excavator on second day of new search for missing girl in Portugal after investigating run

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3 d. ago Madeleine McCann search: Police 'bring in radar equipment' as hunt for missing girl continues near Portugal's Praia da Luz

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3 d. ago Madeleine McCann cops prepare to drain two wells as they search derelict Portuguese farmhouse for signs of her body

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4 d. ago What happened to Madeleine McCann? Timeline of the 18 year missing girl mystery as new search launched in Portugal

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4 d. ago Madeleine McCann investigators search rundown farmhouse as German cops hoping to find signs of her body return to Portugal

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4 d. ago When did Madeleine McCann go missing? A complete timeline of the child's disappearance

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