A REMARKABLE piece of military history which had lain forgotten under a thicket of trees for decades has been uncovered in Crewkerne, South Somerset. Earlier this month, members of the Crewkerne Town Council grounds team used chainsaws to reveal a Second World War pillbox on the A30 Yeovil Road...read more

England faced one of its tensest ever periods in the summer of 1940. Much of Europe had fallen to Hitler, and it was believed that invasion by the Nazis was imminent. While Churchill was a popular figure as Prime Minister, there had been several difficult periods, not least the near-annihilation...read more