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Vicky McClure's emotional journey to Normandy with her grandad hits her 'like a tonne of bricks'

Vicky McClure was left very emotional after visiting the British Normandy Memorial with her grandad

Wales Online

WWII hero relives years as ambulance driver when paramedics visit care home

Normandy veteran with dementia who worked as 999 driver was given special ride in vintage emergency vehicle with trip down memory lane

Daily Mirror

Criminal kingpin's looted French chateau goes on the market for £578,000

The 126-acre estate, which belonged to John 'Goldfinger' Palmer, has been turned over by looters searching for hidden ingots. The Normandy property is currently on the market for €650,000, or £578,000

Daily Mirror

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WW2 soldier who gave his food to French girl in Normandy finally reunited with her 78 years later

Mr Pye, 99, has kept a photo of Huguette in his wallet for 78 years

Wales Online

A local’s guide to Deauville, France: fine sands, fine dining and a new arts scene

Bookshop owner David Ezvan on market shopping, sea views and nights out on the Normandy coast

The Guardian - UK

'Reluctant hero' veteran who survived D-Day at just 19 years old dies aged 97

Tributes are being paid to Jim Healy, who was just 19 when he guided Allied landing craft onto the Normandy beaches

Manchester Evening News

Couple snap up entire French village for a petite £22k after living in caravan

Paul Mappley and Yip Ward are now the proud owners of the historic hamlet of La Busliere in Normandy

Wales Online

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Dürer in Birmingham, Hockney in Normandy and a not-so-hot climate crisis show – the week in art

Stunning works from Renaissance grandee Albrecht Dürer, David Hockney’s French spring scenes and the Royal Academy’s dull take on global heating

The Guardian - UK

Pete Doherty on swapping crack for camembert in France: ‘It’s easier to be clean here – even for a scoundrel’

Twenty years after the Libertines’ narcotics-fuelled heyday, has the singer really put the chaos behind him?

The Guardian - UK

US General: Ukraine Will Keep Getting ‘Significant’ Support

The United States and its allies will keep providing "significant" support to Ukraine out of respect for the legacy of D-Day soldiers, whose victory over the Nazis helped lead to a new world order and a "better peace," Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Crowds honor WWII veterans at Normandy D-Day celebrations

Several dozen World War II veterans were expected to attend D-Day commemoration ceremonies Monday in France

The Independent UK

Family of late D-Day veteran Harry Billinge urge well-wishers to be guardians

Harry Billinge, who has died aged 96, was just 18 when he was one of the first British soldiers to land on Gold Beach during the Battle of Normandy.

The Independent UK

French Normandy Serves World’s Best Oysters

In a beautiful town overlooking the English Channel, you can spot piles of hundreds of oysters in all the shapes and colors you can imagine at the Port-en-Bessin-Huppain. As of early October, you can find oysters that are at least 11 cm long at the fish auction store, according to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

American D-Day hero presented with France's Legion of Honour in New York

100-year-old African American Osceola Lewis Fletcher was awarded with the Legion d'Honneur on Thursday for his "utmost example of bravery and courage," following the D-Day invasions in Normandy during World War II.

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Ukraine: why a negotiated settlement on Donbas will be tough to achieve

Intense negotiations over the past several days seem to indicate that there might be a diplomatic way out of Ukraine’s Donbas crisis. After yesterday’s Normandy format talks between Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany in Berlin, all sides emphasised that, despite the lack of a breakthrough, discussions will continue.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine tensions: what is the Normandy format and has it achieved anything?

French, German, Russian and Ukrainian diplomats are meeting in Paris in the latest effort to de-escalate the crisis

Reuters

Political advisers to hold four-way talks on Ukraine in Paris

Political advisers from Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany will hold "Normandy format" talks on eastern Ukraine in Paris on Jan. 25, a source in Russian President Vladimir Putin's administration said on Saturday.

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