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Russian propagandists claim thousands have been 'tortured and killed' by Ukraine

The scale of the military build up is said to be the largest since the Second World War, with footage showing tank drills in the Leningrad region of Russia

Daily Mirror

Rationing book shows what Edinburgh locals ate during the Second World War

Edinburgh locals will be thankful that food rationing during the second world war do not exist these days. Some of the harshest limits on food included one egg every fortnight

Edinburgh Live

UK economy grew by fastest rate since second world war in 2021

GDP rose 7.5% across last year but contracted by 0.2% in December as Omicron dented consumer spending

The Guardian - UK

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The Glasgow trail that sheds light on the lives of Jewish refugees during the Second World War

A new history walk honours the hundreds who fled Nazi persecution in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic during the Holocaust to build new lives in Scotland.

Glasgow Live

How has Captain Tom Moore’s £32.8m pandemic fundraising haul been spent?

Centenarian and Second World War veteran, who died a year ago, inspired millions with laps around his garden at outset of coronavirus pandemic to raise money for NHS

The Independent UK

Abandoned Edinburgh Second World War gun fort to be completely demolished

The City of Edinburgh Council made the controversial decision this week - but there was an objection from the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland who say that they were created in World War Two and have historical significance.

Edinburgh Live

How has Captain Tom Moore’s £32.8m pandemic fundraising haul been spent?

Centenarian and Second World War veteran, who died a year ago, inspired millions with laps around his garden at outset of coronavirus pandemic to raise money for NHS

The Independent UK

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Remembering Edinburgh's lost Ritz cinema - a favourite for 'courting' couples

Opening in 1929 and surviving through the Second World War, the Ritz Cinema in Cannonmills finally closed in 1981 as the home video boom resulted in a decline in ticket sales.

Edinburgh Live

Poignant images show Queen working on official papers after passing historic milestone

Seventy years ago on February 6, the Queen - aged just 25 - became monarch of a nation still recovering from the upheavals of the Second World War

Wales Online

Remains of two Second World War servicemen identified after police investigation

The pair's bodies were discovered on remote farmland almost 80 years after they died

Wales Online

Remarkable new Edinburgh pictures show the city enjoying the swinging sixties

A collection of images from the 60s show a city in transformation, as people up and down the country came out the other end of a struggle to recover from the Second World War.

Edinburgh Live

Bones discovered on farmland identified as Second World War airmen

A 72-year-old man was arrested in connection with the discovery, but the investigation has now ended without any charges being brought.

The Independent UK

Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family share memories on first anniversary of his death

The Second World War veteran who raised £38.9m for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday, died on February 2 last year

Wales Online

Village's rare air raid siren from Second World War is given listed status

"I wanted to save it, particularly as it is such a rare and highly visual landmark of the war-time Home Front.”

Manchester Evening News

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The Conversation

Book review: how Africa was central to the making of the modern world

Journalist, photographer, author and professor Howard W. French’s Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War, is the most recent in a long career of thoughtful and significant literary and journalistic interventions. It demands an account of modernity that reckons…

Daily Mirror

What is Holocaust Memorial Day, what is theme for 2022 – and why do we mark it?

National Holocaust Day, or Holocaust Memorial Day, remembers the victims of the Holocaust during the Second World War. Here's what you need to know about the memorial day and how it's marked

Radio France Internationale

French MPs vote to return artworks stolen by Nazis to rightful owners

French parliamentarians have voted unanimously in favour of a bill to restore stolen artworks, looted by Nazis during the second world war, to their Jewish owners. Culture minister Roselyne Bachelot said it was a "historic" moment that would set wheels in motion for further restitutions.

Daily Mirror

BBC show The Repair Shop restores historic Second World War family heirloom

Wednesday night's episode of The Repair Shop sees the BBC series delight one client - carefully restoring a sailor hat from the Second World War once thought to be unrepairable

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Boris Johnson warns 'Russian mothers' sons will not come home' if Putin invades Ukraine

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned against a war that would leave Ukraine a 'wasteland' and risk the worst bloodshed since the Second World War after Russia 'put a gun to Ukraine's head'

Autosport

Top 10 Mercedes grand prix drivers: Hamilton, Fangio, Moss and more

Mercedes has a longer history in grand prix racing than any other constructor. Although it didn’t appear in the first Formula 1 world championship in 1950, as Ferrari did, the legend of the Silver Arrows had already been forged before the Second World War.

Manchester Evening News

Wythenshawe's Tin Town has the city's rarest homes - and a special story to tell

After the Second World War thousands of steel-framed, pre-fab homes were built to tackle Britain's housing shortage - few survive in Greater Manchester

The Independent UK

Operation Mincemeat review: A glittering Second World War musical that is funnier than Hamilton

SpitLip’s comedy musical about a little-known wartime plot is as daring as it is comic

Wales Online

BBC My Family, the Holocaust & Me: Judge Robert Rinder's real story of his Jewish family's tragic history

We delved into the heartbreaking truth of what Judge Rinder's family suffered through during the Second World War

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