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For nine days the heroic 1st Airborne fought desperately, waiting vainly for relief that never came

THE MOST DOMINANT FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE IS ALSO ITS MOST MYSTERIOUS AND MOST UNANTICIPATED

Alice Diamond’s shoplifting gang descended on London’s West End stores “like a plague of locusts” – and made themselves a fortune While the Peaky Blinders, Brigton Billy Boys and Charles Sabini’s mob

Britain’s newspaper industry started in the 17th century. The first official British newspaper made its debut in 1622 when the Weekly News launched in London. The London Gazette was published from 166

August 1998. After a night in the neon hell of Las Vegas I had driven across an iconic desert landscape, arriving late at the tour departure point in the heavenly setting of Monument Valley. The last

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