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The Latest Breaking News from Ypres

Europe commemorates Armistice Day, marking the end of World War I

Belgium unveiled a renovated memorial in Ypres, France's President Macron paid tribute, and the UK held wreath-laying ceremonies for Armistice Day, marking the end of WWI.

Euronews

Gent-Wevelgem to change name in 2026 for first time since 1934 to In Flanders Fields – from Middelkerke to Wevelgem

Belgian one-day Classic moves away from start at Menin Gate in Ypres, but race organiser's CEO ensures 'the Great War will always remain deeply intertwined'

Cycling News

After 92 years, Gent-Wevelgem is changing its name

Men's race to go by 'In Flanders Fields - from Middelkerke to Wevelgem' from 2026

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After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home

In March 1915, a young British man named Raymond Lodge was deployed to Ypres, France, to fight on the front lines of the first world war. By September, he was dead, aged just 26.

The Conversation

Anne rededicates First World War Menin Gate memorial to ‘remembrance and unity’

The princess also visited the grave of Queen Victoria’s grandson, Prince Maurice von Battenberg, who died fighting with the British Army.

Evening Standard

Deminers Comb Belgian Countryside For Remnants Of Great War

Working with the utmost care, a Belgian deminer wiggled a century-old artillery shell from the soil and deposited it safely in a sandbox in the back of his truck.

International Business Times

At it happened: Gent-Wevelgem Men decided by long-range solo attack

The men's peloton tackles 250.3km from Ypres to Wevelgem

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Book returned to Cumbria school library 113 years overdue

Poetry of Byron borrowed by schoolboy Leonard Ewbank, who studied at Oxford and was killed at Ypres in 1916

The Guardian - UK

As it happened - Lorena Wiebes powers to narrow Gent-Wevelgem win over Balsamo

171.2km cobbled Cassic tests peloton from the Menin Gate in Ypres to Wevelgem

Cycling News

As it happened: Battle of the world champions in Gent-Wevelgem sprint finish

All the action from the 253.1km race between Ypres and Wevelgem

Cycling News

Hedd Wyn: how the life of one of Wales' most promising poets was cut short by the first world war

The names Passchendaele, the Somme and Mametz Wood stand as grim sentinels, forever bound to the unimaginable carnage of the first world war. Almost 500,000 men were killed in three months at Passchendaele, the third battle of Ypres. On the first day of that battle, Wales lost one of its…

The Conversation

British soldier laid to rest in Ypres more than 100 years after death

The remains of Private Robert Kenneth Malcolm were identified by DNA after it was found 102 years after he died in 1917.

The Independent UK

As it happened: Jumbo-Visma dominant again at Gent-Wevelgem

Laporte, Van Aert take a 1-2 after 260km of rainy racing across the cobbles and hills of Flanders

Cycling News

Gent-Wevelgem 2023: Key information on the route and startlist

Taking a closer look at the route for both the men's and women's editions of the race

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Asharq Al-Awsat

In Belgium’s Ypres, a Museum Draws a Line from World War One to Ukraine

The massed ranks of empty chairs at the Belgian World War One exhibition - one for each country and region that sent soldiers to die here a century ago - have been replaced by just two to mark the new conflict raging on the continent. One empty chair for Ukraine,…

Reuters

In Belgium's Ypres, a museum draws a line from World War One to Ukraine

Autosport

Autosport Podcast: WRC Ypres Rally Belgium review

Ypres Rally Belgium provided one of the most drama-filled rounds of the World Rally Championship season as Hyundai’s Ott Tanak claimed a surprise victory.

Autosport

Evans explains unfortunate error that triggered Ypres Rally penalty

Elfyn Evans says an unfortunate co-driver error triggered a penalty which compounded a challenging afternoon that saw the Toyota driver lose the Ypres Rally Belgium lead.

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Motorsport

Drivers braced for toughest wet tarmac WRC event

Rain is set to transform Ypres Rally Belgium into the World Rally Championship's toughest asphalt rally, according to M-Sport's Adrien Fourmaux.

Autosport

Breen: Result in Ypres “important” after WRC form struggles

Craig Breen says he isn’t thinking about the pressure to arrest his World Rally Championship form, but admits a result at Ypres Rally Belgium this weekend will be important.

Daily Mirror

Mystery of 'rare' war grave described as 'one of most interesting' in UK

Leonard Comer Wall's former war horse Blackie had seen action on the battlefields of Ypres, Arras, Somme and Cambra having been brought from the battlefield to Liverpool

The Guardian - UK

Jimmy Fox obituary

Other lives: Editor-in-chief of Magnum Photos’ Paris office who devoted his retirement to researching the history of a British community in Ypres

The Independent UK

Remains of 7 WWI soldiers given military burial in Flanders

The remains of seven soldiers killed in World War I have been given full military burial after their remains were discovered during a gas pipeline construction near Ypres

The Independent UK

First World War soldiers’ graves rededicated more than 100 years after deaths

The services were held in Ypres following the discovery of the graves of the two soldiers who served with Irish regiments.

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