On the eve of VE Day, Ronald Butcher, 98, has opened up about his astonishing childhood at sea for the first time because "We ...

That was when [Minesweeper] was big ... and graduate of London's Delamar Academy of Make-Up and Hair, lives in England with husband Max Parker. It raised a few eyebrows when the bride's ...

Tanner was the only England international to be awarded the ... encountered a floating mine that had been cut free by a British minesweeper only a few days earlier, and only two of the 28 crew ...

He was only a 14-year-old boy when he was working on a minesweeper climbing on ‘pin ... duck for six days before they were towed back to England. While they waited the “terrified” teenager ...

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day as it remembers its heroic crew and the part they played in the Second World War. The RNLI played a vital role ...

As the country commemorates VE Day: 80 years on, we reflect on the profound bravery and resilience of the South Hams - where ...

England could face drought conditions this summer after the driest start to spring in almost 70 years, the Environment Agency has said. Reservoirs in the country are dropping, and farmers are ...

U.S. officials badgered Japan to send minesweepers to the Persian Gulf in 1987, according to diplomatic documents released by the Foreign Ministry on Dec. 21. While then Prime Minister Yasuhiro ...

The Bank of England has cut its main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, citing lower UK inflation. The move, which had been widely expected, brings the main cost of borrowing in ...