One of Britain’s last veterans of the Second World War Battle of Arnhem has died at his home in Lutterworth. Lewis “Lew” Kemp, who was 89, had his funeral at Nuneaton crematorium this week. It was 70 years ago, as a 19-year-old member of the Parachute Regiment, that Lew and his comrades had been...read more

The incredible story of a spy who parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe disguised as a nun has been revealed after she died aged 94. Just before her death Margaret Spencer wrote of her days as a Second World War spy, being shot in the back by a German sniper and caught by the Gestapo. She had...read more

George Mitchell was one of two former pupils of a Leyton school to be posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. As today’s pupils find out about the man who their school is named after, ZOIE O’BRIEN hears from his nephew on how he believes his uncle would have liked to inspire new generations. In...read more

El 20 de diciembre de 1943, despegaba del campo de aviación RAF Kimbolton(Inglaterra) el bombardero B-17, llamado Ye Olde Pub, de la United States Air Force (USAF) con la misión de bombardear una fábrica de aviones en Bremen (Alemania). La tripulación de la aeronave estaba compuesta por Bertrand...read more