World War Two veteran, 101, who survived horrors of Burma Death Railway is honoured by Spitfire

A 101-year-old veteran who was a Japanese prisoner of war and now volunteers with a cancer charity has enjoyed a spitfire flyby and Red Devils drop in at a huge party to mark his birthday.  Former Bombardier Len Gibson lived through the horrors of the Burma Death Railway and years as a prisoner of war, but … Read more

World War Two veteran, 101, who survived horrors of Burma Death Railway is honoured by Spitfire

A 101-year-old veteran who was a Japanese prisoner of war and now volunteers with a cancer charity has enjoyed a spitfire flyby and Red Devils drop in at a huge party to mark his birthday.  Former Bombardier Len Gibson lived through the horrors of the Burma Death Railway and years as a prisoner of war, but … Read more

Rare photos from Operation Barbarossa reveal the horrors faced by Hitler’s troops

Their uniforms, motorbikes and armoured cars covered with snow, German troops are seen battling through the harsh Russian winter during their invasion of the Soviet Union. The rare image, taken in the cold months of 1941, is among hundreds which feature in a new book about the World War Two offensive, which was code named … Read more

Rare photos from Operation Barbarossa reveal the horrors faced by Hitler’s troops

Their uniforms, motorbikes and armoured cars covered with snow, German troops are seen battling through the harsh Russian winter during their invasion of the Soviet Union. The rare image, taken in the cold months of 1941, is among hundreds which feature in a new book about the World War Two offensive, which was code named … Read more

Israel falls silent to remember the horrors of the Holocaust

Israelis stood in silence on Thursday as a two-minute siren wailed across the country in remembrance of the Holocaust’s six million Jewish victims. For two minutes at 10 a.m., public buses and cars stopped on the streets and highways, and pedestrians stood in place in memory of those killed in the Nazi genocide. The annual … Read more

Israel falls silent to remember the horrors of the Holocaust

Israelis stood in silence on Thursday as a two-minute siren wailed across the country in remembrance of the Holocaust’s six million Jewish victims. Public buses and cars stopped on the streets and highways, and pedestrians stood in place in memory of those killed in the Nazi genocide. The annual memorial is one of the most … Read more

Inside the Amityville house of horrors: Real estate photos show home 45 years after family murder

The ‘Amityville house of horrors’ is back in the headlines following the death of convicted killer Ronald DeFeo.  The five-bedroom property – located 40 miles from New York City – was where DeFeo murdered six members of his family back in 1974.  The cold-blooded killings shocked the nation, but the home gained even more notoriety … Read more

Inside the Amityville house of horrors: Real estate photos show home 45 years after family murder

The ‘Amityville house of horrors’ is back in the headlines following the death of convicted killer Ronald DeFeo.  The five-bedroom property – located 40 miles from New York City – was where DeFeo murdered six members of his family back in 1974.  The cold-blooded killings shocked the nation, but the home gained even more notoriety … Read more

AMEERA SHEIKH: I’ve seen refugee camp horrors, but it’s Covid that wakes me screaming 

As January unfolded Covid cases were climbing off the charts, and we were running out of oxygen, equipment and resources, writes Ameera Sheikh Nearly a year on, I can still see the face of the 16-year-old girl who approached me in A&E at 6.30am last April.  Her cheeks streaked with tears, she asked for directions to … Read more