The return to swimming follows a 1.4 billion euro cleanup project tied to last year’s Olympics. Officials now say the Seine ...

The seaside plant samphire, salicorne in French, grows in abundance on the banks of the river, but so too do other plants that I’ve never heard of before — sea vegetables that are just as tasty.

Some of the many exhibits at the World War 1 Remembrance Centre in Portsmouth. "She said that she'd had a brother, and he'd been killed in World War 1 during the Battle of the Somme.

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 241st installment in the series. June 24, 1916: Somme Bombardment Begins Britain and France had ...

Arthur Dean is kneeling on the left in the front row of this group shot of 12th Field Company Engineers non-commissioned officers, having been promoted to lance corporal after August 8, 1918.

Barnsley soldier finally identified - over 100 years after his tragic death at The Somme in World War One By David Kessen Senior reporter Comment Published 21st Apr 2024, 06:00 BST ...

A crucifix saved from the rubble of a French church during the First World War and brought to Britain has been returned to France after more than a hundred years. In 1916 the Battle of the Somme ...

Ninety years ago, Allied commanders launched the World War I offensive lastingly remembered as the Battle of the Somme. At 7.30am on 1 July 1916, officers blew their whistles to signal the start of ...

Bride hurt and two guests dead after hidden WW1 bomb explodes on honeymoon hike Tom Williams Published October 19, 2021 3:59pm Updated October 19, 2021 3:59pm Comments ...

WW1 VC winner Harris and his medals. Supplied by Maidstone Museum On the second occasion, he was hit by shrapnel in his right side and forced to return by hospital ship to England and spent six ...