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Race against time to find family of WW1 soldier who wrote ‘heartbreaking’ letters home from trenches

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A desperate race against time is underway to find relatives of a First World War hero before his medals and ‘heartbreaking’ letters home from the trenches are auctioned off near Remembrance Sunday. More than 100 years after Sgt Sam Atherton wrote to his parents from France, the young soldier’s letters and medals were found stored … Read more Race against time to find family of WW1 soldier who wrote ‘heartbreaking’ letters home from trenches

Race against time to find family of WW1 soldier who wrote ‘heartbreaking’ letters home from trenches

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A desperate race against time is underway to find relatives of a First World War hero before his medals and ‘heartbreaking’ letters home from the trenches are auctioned off near Remembrance Sunday. More than 100 years after Sgt Sam Atherton wrote to his parents from France, the young soldier’s letters and medals were found stored … Read more Race against time to find family of WW1 soldier who wrote ‘heartbreaking’ letters home from trenches

Daily coronavirus infection rates are higher in the UK, Europe, than in the US

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Even as the US enters its dreaded third wave of the coronavirus pandemic and cases tick up, daily infection rates in much of Europe are not outpacing the American outbreak.  By sheer number, of course, the US is still seeing the largest number of daily new cases, with more than 48,000 infections reported Sunday.  Yet … Read more Daily coronavirus infection rates are higher in the UK, Europe, than in the US

Kim Kardashian won’t say who she’s voting for in Letterman interview MONTHS before Kanye’s campaign

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Kim Kardashian would not reveal who she will be voting for in the 2020 US presidential election while talking politics on during her appearance on My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman. Letterman pressed the aspiring lawyer over her candidate of choice while touching on her decision to work with President Trump during several of her … Read more Kim Kardashian won’t say who she’s voting for in Letterman interview MONTHS before Kanye’s campaign

Mystery of spare Unknown Warriors’ final resting place revealed in new secret document

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Mystery of spare Unknown Warriors’ final resting place revealed: Bodies of WWI British soldiers not selected for Westminster tomb were buried in France, claims secret document The men who did not become the Unknown Warrior have never been identified Remains were rumoured to have been put in a shell hole after not being picked But … Read more Mystery of spare Unknown Warriors’ final resting place revealed in new secret document

Kim Kardashian feared sister Kourtney would ‘find her dead’ during infamous 2016 robbery in Paris

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Kim Kardashian, 39, was bound and robbed at gunpoint during a highly orchestrated heist that took place in Paris, France in October of 2016. And she recently opened up about the robbery and how she feared her older sister Kourtney, 41, would return and ‘find [her] dead’ in their room at the Hôtel de Pourtalès during an appearance … Read more Kim Kardashian feared sister Kourtney would ‘find her dead’ during infamous 2016 robbery in Paris

Twitter removes ‘misleading’ tweet from COVID adviser Dr Scott Atlas that said masks don’t work

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Twitter removes ‘misleading’ tweet from top Trump Covid adviser Dr Scott Atlas that said masks don’t work The tweet in question was shared by Dr Scott Atlas and reads: ‘Masks work? No’  Atlas also shared places where he says ‘cases exploded even with mandates’  Twitter subsequently removed the tweet, saying it violated the platform’s Covid-19 … Read more Twitter removes ‘misleading’ tweet from COVID adviser Dr Scott Atlas that said masks don’t work

Twitter removes ‘misleading’ tweet from COVID adviser Dr Scott Atlas that said masks don’t work

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Twitter removes ‘misleading’ tweet from top Trump Covid adviser Dr Scott Atlas that said masks don’t work The tweet in question was shared by Dr Scott Atlas and reads: ‘Masks work? No’  Atlas also shared places where he says ‘cases exploded even with mandates’  Twitter subsequently removed the tweet, saying it violated the platform’s Covid-19 … Read more Twitter removes ‘misleading’ tweet from COVID adviser Dr Scott Atlas that said masks don’t work

LORD ASHCROFT: How two SAS men escaped from a Nazi firing squad

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It was approaching dawn on August 9, 1944 and the seven prisoners of war caught operating behind enemy lines in German-occupied France thought they knew their fate. After weeks of imprisonment, including brutal interrogation at the hands of the Gestapo, their end was near.  German SS men, armed with automatic weapons, led the seven SAS … Read more LORD ASHCROFT: How two SAS men escaped from a Nazi firing squad

LORD ASHCROFT: How two SAS men escaped from a Nazi firing squad

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It was approaching dawn on August 9, 1944 and the seven prisoners of war caught operating behind enemy lines in German-occupied France thought they knew their fate. After weeks of imprisonment, including brutal interrogation at the hands of the Gestapo, their end was near.  German SS men, armed with automatic weapons, led the seven SAS … Read more LORD ASHCROFT: How two SAS men escaped from a Nazi firing squad