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58 pics of British soldiers training with anti-tank weapons and drones

Some of Lancashire's most haunted buildings

17 of the spookiest buildings in Lancashire - and their tragic tales

The military party and others at the graveside of Pte George Hall (Crown Copyright)

Lancashire soldier's grave is finally found in Belgium

Infrastructure upgrades due for British Army at Weeton Barracks.

British Army announces infrastructure upgrades at Weeton Barracks

The WW2 bomb found by Adam Makewell and his son Cameron Makewell in the River Ure in Yorkshire.

Moment teenager crashes underwater drone into live 500kg WWII bomb

The arrest of Jason Savage. Chilling footage shows a Muslim convert who dubbed himself 'Lone Wolf' carrying out reconnaissance trips as he plotted terror attacks in Birmingham.

Muslim extremist convert plotted terror attacks in chilling video

Ukrainian artillery systems

Lancashire firm lands £14m deal with BAE to help repair Ukrainian guns

The tram terminus on Westcliffe Drive, Layton seen here in 1914, marked the turning point of trams from Talbot Square and housed a brass-handled clock where tram drivers marked their time sheets

25 historical photographs through grim, dark years of war

Watch as War Horse memorial gets purple poppy coat to remember fallen service animals

Watch as War Horse statue gets draped in beautiful purple poppy coat

Blackpool will celebrate Black History Month with a host of local events.

Blackpool to celebrate Black History Month with range of activities

Mary Lamb, 65, suffered a chest infection, stomach bug and was 10 minutes away from hypothermia - but she finished three peaks challenge.

Watch: I climbed 3 peaks in wheelchair...I was 10mins from hypothermia

Mary Lamb left 'battered and bruised' after 'climbing' the Three Peaks

15 pictures of D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations in Blackpool

Blackpool hosted a number of special events to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday

Watch as hundreds of people commemorate D-Day in Blackpool

A landing craft approaching Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6 1944, a scene that the film Saving Private Ryan re-created.

Watch: D-Day war film streaming for free for limited amount of time

Thomas Dewhirst has been jailed at a military court in Catterick

Jail for former corporal who preyed on young army lads
A former Fleetwood landlord and retired corporal in the British Army has has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years after being found guilty of historical sex offences against young soldiers.
Richard Hunt

Maps and planning documents detailing top-secret plans were donated to House on the Hill museum.

Watch: Top secret D-Day documents from Normandy found in old car boot

Footage captured by Jon Bamborough shows a black horse with an empty saddle on its back galloping through the streets of Homefield Avenue/Birchfield Avenue in Thornton on Tuesday. Video by Sam Newiss

Watch the moment a horse escapes through the streets of Cleveleys

Abingdon Street in the early 20th century Pic courtesy of Blackpool Memories on Facebook www.facebook.com/BlackpoolMemories (blackpoolpostcards.co.uk)

25 vintage photos from 1914-1919 through the First World War

Thousands have evacuated their homes due to a wildfire in La Palma

Thousands evacuated from La Palma as wildfire blazes

Yevgeny Prigozhin (right) with Vladimir Putin

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? Exiled Wagner Group leader breaks silence

A member of Wagner group stands guard in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don

Breaking Russia uprising: ‘Soon we will have new President’ says Wagner Group

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

‘Betrayal’ - Vladimir Putin reacts to Wagner Group rebellion in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago

Breaking Russian mercenary group plot to remove Vladimir Putin

Trooping the Colour takes place on Saturday, June 17

Met Office weather forecast for Trooping the Colour ceremony

King Charles in front of The Flying Scotsman at Pickering Station

King Charles making several major changes to Trooping the Colour

Members of the Royal family on Buckingham Palace balcony including the Prince and Princess of Wales. Image: Simon James Smith

Trooping the Colour 2023: Buckingham Palace balcony line-up
The line-up for the balcony moment after King Charles’ first Trooping the Colour will not include some key names.
Sam Johnson

King Charles has decided to ride in Trooping the Colour, the first time in 30 years (Pic:Getty)

How to watch Trooping the Colour 2023 - BBC announce full details

Trooping the Colour is a high-precision military parade (image: Getty Images)

Trooping the Colour 2023: Everything you need to know

King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the coronation on May 6.

King Charles makes major change to Trooping of the Colour ceremony

Three soldiers fainted during the Colonel’s Review at Horse Guards Parade in London today

Prince William speaks out as soldiers faint during rehearsals

Ukraine War: What is the Victory Day parade in Russia, what did Vladimir Putin say about the west?

What is Victory Day in Russia & what did Vladimir Putin say?

Prince Harry's memoir spare

Bloodsoaked copies of Prince Harry memoir Spare sell for huge sum

Soldiers from the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment undertake their final inspection parade in Episkopi, Cyprus

Duke of Lancaster's Regiment to be part of historic Coronation this weekend

An early morning rehearsal of the coronation took place in London

Morning rehearsal of King Charles’ coronation takes place in London

D-Day veteran Joe Cattini has died aged 100

Breaking One of Britain’s last D-Day veterans Joe Cattini dies aged 100

28th October 1914: British soldiers lined up in a narrow trench during World War I. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

World War One medals found in bin bag saved from incinerator

SAS helicopters touched down on the roof of Blackpool Sixth Form College as part of a training exercise on Monday night (March 7). Picture by Simon Fogg

SAS helicopters touch down on roof of Blackpool Sixth Form College

The SAS chopper seen flying without lights over Bury as part of training operations in March 2022. Picture by Mark Stevenson

SAS helicopters to conduct training exercises over Lancashire

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visit a a military facility

Russia's chilling warning to 'London' after Volodymyr Zelenskyy visit

President Zelensky to visit the UK for the first time since Russian invasion - everything we know so far

President Zelensky to visit the UK - everything we know so far

Rescuers gather at the site of a plane crash in Pokhara after an airplane crashed with 72 people on board in Nepal

40 people dead as aircraft crash-lands near Nepal airport

Harry, Duke of Sussex, appeared on CBS late night talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday evening (US time)

Harry addresses Taliban controversy on Late Show appearance in US

Marianna Mitchell with granddaughter Paiton Ackroyd, Syd and Sheree Little and some of the shoe boxes and goodies at the Steamer pub, Fleetwood.

Fleetwood mum's campaign to give overseas squaddies some cheer is a winner

A resin model of a sculpture illustrating the WW1 Christmas Truce football match is pictured during a photocall inside the remains of St Luke's Church in Liverpool

The Christmas Truce: how did it start and what happened?

Giffoine plot up for sale situated on the south west of the Channel Island of Guernsey overlooking Gannet Rock

Former Nazi encampment in Guernsey goes up for sale

The Queen lying in state in Westminster Hall.

Royal guard faints next to coffin during Queen’s lying-in-state period

Troops from the 1st Regiment of the Royal Horse Artillery

Soldiers on the streets of Bolton to help curb the spread of the Indian coronavi...

Mass testing should help to get a grip on coronavirus

There is a pathway out of lockdown

How to explain World War Two to children - life for soldiers, and the Holocaust

An army testing station (image Ministry of Defence)

Army running Covid-19 testing station in Blackpool

Ex-serviceman Jake Thornton will be running London Marathon for a cause close to his heart

Blackpool marathon runner Jake keen to repay armed forces charity

Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) of staff working on the maintenance on one of the organisation's 23,000 memorial and cemetery sites around the world. CWGC/PA Wire.

Soldiers’ graves in war cemetery in Iraq repaired

Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) of staff working on the maintenance on one of the organisation's 23,000 memorial and cemetery sites around the world. CWGC/PA Wire.

Soldiers’ graves in war cemetery in Iraq repaired

Carnival Day 1976: Dancing along the procession route, are these young clog dancers from St Michaels

Looking back at an ancient art still seen on the Fylde coast

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