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4 days ago

D-Day hero, 99, who ferried Allied troops onto beaches of Normandy as a teenager laughs with Keir Starmer during VE Day procession - ahead of tea with the King at Buckingham Palace

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Albert Keir was pictured having a chuckle with the PM ahead of the military procession. The pair had the best seats in the house on the specially built dais outside Buckingham Palace.

7 days ago

72 days ago

French fugitive whose escape left two officers dead extradited from Romania

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Mohamed Amra’s arrest ends nine-month manhunt when armed assailants ambushed prison convoy in Normandy

A notorious French fugitive who staged a deadly escape that killed two guards last year has been …

76 days ago

Agnès B: ‘I hate fashion. It’s not interesting.’

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a story from The Guardian › International

The designer, 83, talks about her troubled childhood, love of art, and how she persuaded David Bowie to drop the dodgy brown suits

During World War Two I remember standing in total darkness in a corri…

3 months ago

D-Day hero leads mourners at funeral of 98-year-old comrade who survived 'carnage' of 1944 Normandy landings after lying about his age to join up

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a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Cliff Brown died last month aged 98 at his home in Swanage, Dorset. He was laid to rest today at St Mary's Church in his hometown. Fellow WWII veteran Peter Lovett paid his final respects.

6 months ago

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