Charles reflected on the horrors experienced by prisoners of war and the impact of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Japan is paying tribute to more than three million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending the Second World War, as concern grows about rapidly fading memories of the tragedy ...

The negotiations at the UN hub were supposed to be the last round and produce the first legally binding treaty on plastic pollution.

Police forces have been instructed to share suspects’ ethnicity and nationality with the public after authorities were accused of covering up offences carried out by asylum seekers, and in the wake of ...

A man who has admitted attacking another man with a claw hammer is due back in court next month for sentencing. Ross Lawrence had been charged with wounding with intent following the incident on ...

Met Office Great Yarmouth weekend weather: sunny spells, warm temperatures up to 24C, low chance of rain, moderate winds and excellent ...

Hemsby Lifeboat has celebrated 50 years of saving lives at sea with two well-attended weekend events. On Saturday, it held a foam party and barbecue with live music, and on Sunday, it staged its ...

Rebecca Young, from Glasgow, designed a solar-powered backpack with an electric blanket inside to help homeless people.

A 99-year-old Second World War veteran has said ahead of the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) that there are “not many of us left”. Dougie Shelley, who joined the Royal Navy aged 17 ...

Albert Lamond, 99, helped evacuate Allied prisoners of war from remote islands in the Pacific after Japan’s surrender.

The Prime Minister told veterans Volodymyr Zelensky’s war against Russia has the same values as the fight against the Axis powers.

A 100-year-old Second World War veteran who witnessed the official ceremony marking Japan’s surrender has spoken of his memories 80 years on from the end of the conflict. Reg Draper was a stores ...