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Your guide to the VE Day flypast and which aircraft to look out for

The roar of F-35B fighter jets is set to be heard over central London (Image: Getty)New details of the much-anticipated VE Day flypast in central London have been announced. Twenty-three military...

Child survivors of the Blitz share their harrowing memories of wartime Britain

Betty Peachy was just four years old on the day that German bombers came to her hometown of Filton, on the outskirts of Bristol. It was a Wednesday in September, 1940, and she was upstairs playing...

China at war with Taiwan – what Xi Jinping aggression would mean for UK

While Ukraine and Gaza have dominated headlines over the last few years, the chances of an even greater war grow in Asia. China has not relinquished its designs over the nearby island democracy of...

Shocking gamble Nazi forces took in WW2 to attack France, Belgium and Luxenbourg

The shattered city of Rotterdam In The Netherlands in May 1940 after the Luftwaffe bombing campaign (Image: Gamma-Keystone via Getty)For months, British soldiers dug trenches, drank tea, trained...

Daily Express cartoonist who mocked Hitler so successfully he was put on a Nazi death list

Express cartoonist Carl Giles at work in his studio on his Suffolk farm in 1948. (Image: Getty)Legendary Daily Express cartoonist Carl Giles refined his craft during the biggest conflict in modern...

Tasers in prisons to be trialled after Abedi attack

Tasers in prisons to be trialled after Abedi attack37 minutes agoMaia DaviesBBC NewsGetty ImagesThe use of Tasers in prisons will be trialled after guards were injured by the brother of the...

RAF jets intercept Russian aircraft near Nato airspace

RAF jets intercept Russian aircraft near Nato airspace19 hours agoJamie WhiteheadBBC NewsMinistry of DefenceTwo Russian aircraft flying close to Nato airspace were detected by British fighter jets in...

RAF jets intercept Russian aircraft near Nato airspace

RAF jets intercept Russian aircraft near Nato airspace10 hours agoJamie WhiteheadBBC NewsMinistry of DefenceTwo Russian aircraft flying close to Nato airspace were detected by British fighter jets in...

RAF jets intercept Russian aircraft near Nato airspace

RAF jets intercept Russian aircraft near Nato airspace20 minutes agoMinistry of DefenceTwo Russian aircraft flying close to Nato airspace were detected by British fighter jets in separate incidents...

Hopes for Iran nuclear talks tempered by threats and mixed messages

Hopes for Iran nuclear talks tempered by threats and mixed messages3 hours agoParham GhobadiBBC PersianEPAAs Iran and the United States prepare to hold a second round of high-stakes nuclear talks in...

Review into body armour for prison staff after Abedi attack

Review into body armour for prison staff after Abedi attack32 minutes agoAlys DaviesBBC NewsGetty ImagesThe Prison Service will conduct a snap review into whether protective body armour should be...

Hashem Abedi's sick prison attack show our jails urgently need three things

The attack by convicted terrorist and mass murderer Hashem Abedi at HMP Frankland – where he used boiling oil and improvised weapons to injure three prison officers – has stunned the nation. To...

Prison staff could die if security not improved, officer warns after Abedi attack

Prison staff could die if security not improved, officer says47 minutes agoSima KotechaSenior UK CorrespondentPA MediaA prison officer at HMP Frankland in County Durham has told the BBC "there needs...

Manchester bomb plotter ‘given spork’ days after boiling oil attack of prison wardens

Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi was issued a spork just days after launching a boiling oil attack on three prison guards, triggering a warning from one expert about the potential for him...

Labour Justice Secretary blasted for ‘catastrophic failure’ by arena bomb survivor

A survivor of the Manchester Arena bombing has accused Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood of a “catastrophic failure” after Hashem Abedi attacked three prison officers. Martin Hibbert, who was...

Manchester Arena victim disgusted at prison attack

Manchester Arena victim disgusted at prison attack54 minutes agoThomas Mackintosh & Tom SymondsBBC NewsGreater Manchester PoliceA Manchester Arena bombing survivor has said he is angry, disgusted...

Manchester <b class='text-danger'>bomber</b>'s brother must be isolated even if it 'drives him mad' - expert

Manchester bomber's brother must be isolated even if it 'drives him mad' - expert

A former prison governor and expert on extremism has said the brother of the Manchester bomber should be put into isolation after he attacked prison officers last weekend. Ian Acheson made the claims...

Manchester Arena families in 'disbelief' <b class='text-danger'>bomber</b> was able to attack officers

Manchester Arena families in 'disbelief' bomber was able to attack officers

Manchester Arena families in 'disbelief' bomber was able to attack officers19 minutes agoDaniel De SimoneInvestigations correspondentHandoutThe families of five people murdered by Hashem Abedi in the...

Kitchen use suspended in high-security prison units

Kitchen use suspended in high-security prison units11 minutes agoDaniel De SimoneInvestigations correspondentGreater Manchester PoliceThe government has suspended kitchen use in prison separation...

Manchester arena terrorist pictured 'silent and grinning' as he attacked prison officers

Manchester Arena terrorist Hashem Abedi was “silent and grinning” before he stabbed and scalded three prison officers in a planned attack at HMP Frankland, with a chilling picture showing the...