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 ...

A boy with a rare skin condition which can cause damage with even the smallest amount of friction has been given hope after ...

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

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

King Charles has vowed that the sacrifices of the heroes of VJ Day "shall never be forgotten" as the country marks 80 years since the end of WWII in the Pacific and Far East. In an audio message to be ...

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 ...

Bertie Blossoms on Portobello Road, London, is owned by Grammy award winner Ed Sheeran and has been described as "lovely".

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.

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 ...

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

The National Trust, which looks after Hatfield Forest, said the number of butterfly species recorded at the reserve has reached a 17-year high.