A VE Day street party
On 8th May 1660, Charles II was proclaimed King of England, the restoration of the monarchy after the English Civil War and Oliver Cromwell’s reign as Lord Protector.
On 8th May 1701 the English pirate Captain Kidd went on trial at the Old Bailey. He was hanged on 23rd May after being [...]
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Practising Muslims are set to outnumber Christians by the year 2035, a think tank has announced. In less than 30 years, there will be 1.96 million active Muslims in Britain, compared with 1.63 million church-going Christians.
Also, 4,000 churches could close by 2020 if congregations continue to fall at the current rate. There are now less [...]
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The Nimrod MRA – developed from the de Havilland Comet 4 airliner
The families of 14 servicemen who were killed after their Nimrod reconnaissance aircraft crashed in Afghanistan have heard the final moments of the aircraft’s flight.
The Coroner’s Court in Oxford was emptied in order to allow privacy for the families.
The Nimrod crashed after it had [...]
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