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Golden Age of British travel is found under carpet of rundown house
By Suzannah Hills | A set of vintage posters from the 1940s has been found hidden underneath a tatty old carpet in a run-down property and they are now expected to go for £15,000 at auction. A property...
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Alexander Blackman will need same prison protection as paedophiles, court hears
By Ian Drury | Blackman was the first British serviceman convicted of murder on active service abroad since at least the Second World War The Royal Marine who executed a wounded Taliban prisoner will...
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Britain’s parachuting dogs of war honoured in new book which reveals how...
By Allan Hall | Brave: A sketch of Bing the parachuting dog who fought in the Second World War and was decorated for his bravery in action against the Nazis Britain’s parachuting dogs of war are...
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Queen pardons wartime codebreaking hero Alan Turing
By Tim Shipman | The Queen will today grant a posthumous pardon for wartime codebreaker Alan Turing, who was convicted in the 1950s for homosexual activity. The pardon is only the fourth since the...
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Percy Norton celebrates his 100th birthday
By John Stevens | When Percy Norton came back from the Second World War, his injuries were so serious he was given just three months to live. But against all odds the father-of-two today celebrated his...
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Margaret Thatcher judged to be best post-war prime minister by politicians of...
| Politicians of all parties have voted Margaret Thatcher the most successful prime minister since the Second World War. The Iron Lady was valued for her decisiveness, with most MPs citing this as a...
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One of the last surviving Lancaster bomber pilots from the Second World War...
By Leon Watson | One of the last surviving Lancaster bomber pilots who was shot down over Germany and taken prisoner by the Nazis in the Second World War has died aged 91. Dick Starkey was shot down...
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12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen heckled by a disgruntled movie critic
By Daily Mail Reporter | 12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen was last night heckled by a disgruntled movie critic. Taking to the stage on Monday at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards ceremony,...
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12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen heckled at New York Film Critics...
By Daily Mail Reporter | 12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen was last night heckled by a disgruntled movie critic. Taking to the stage on Monday at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards ceremony,...
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Pictured for the first time: The women code-breakers who operated the world’s...
By Daily Mail Reporter | A rare picture of a team of women code-breakers who operated the world’s first electronic computer during the Second World War has been uncovered on the machine’s 70th...
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