Public swimming was allowed in designated areas of the Seine, including two newly built wooden decks near the Eiffel Tower ...

First, France cleaned the polluted river so that Olympians could swim there. Now, a year later, it is opening three sites for ...

The French capital's iconic waterway has been largely closed to swimmers since 1923 due to pollution and risks from river ...

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

The diary of a 17-year-old soldier from Co Armagh who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme highlights the horrors of the bloodiest battle of the First World War.

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 ...