A NEWLY published book largely set in Craven tells the true story of two brothers who fought in the First World War.

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A seaside hotel which counts the war poet Wilfred Owen among the guests who have stayed there has been given a Grade II ...

The country recorded 645,000 births and 651,000 deaths in 2025. This shift stemmed from declining fertility and rising ...

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France recorded more deaths than births in 2025 for the first time since the end of World War Two, a development that erodes ...

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Roberts died of pneumonia in France on 14 November 1914 while visiting Indian troops fighting in the First World War. His ...

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According to a survey by Japan's Post-War Rehabilitation Agency, 119 cities were destroyed by air raids, 2.4 million homes burned, and 8.8 million people displaced. In the war's final phase, ...