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The Last Veterans
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Our documentary 'D-Day 80: The Last Veterans' is on ITVX
It follows a year-long project to collect and preserve first-hand accounts of this pivotal moment in history before the living link is lost.
Watch here: itv.com/watch/news/remarkabl…
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Such a loss - his many achievements included leading the excavation of the remarkable Dover Bronze Age Boat. Full story: kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/…
I spent the long hot Summer with cameras and map apps schlepping around the South looking for abandoned villages. The following report comes with a lard warning.
itv.com/watch/news/the-commu… via @ITVX
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#Westerham on call fire fighter Ronni Cook shares with us her visit to #Atlanta on the @BBCRadioKent Breakfast show tomorrow.
She was part of a team of twelve from @kentfirerescue taking part in the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb to honour those who died in the attack on America - 25 years ago - on September 11th 2001.
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Breaking: Hong Kong’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, dies aged 89
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❗️STOLEN ❗️Have you seen this horse? Stolen from Staplehurst, Kent. Please RT to make this horse too hot to handle! #stolen #horse #stolenhorse #Kent
Definitely worth going to this
Really interesting morning at the press view of Kensington Palace's newest exhibition, The Last Princesses of Punjab. Well worth a visit! @HRP_palaces
Marking 90 years to the day since the first Spitfire was put through its paces. @itvmeridian at 6
Kung Hei Fat Choi - Year of The Horse
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Edward Brandt, 61, found guilty by a jury at Southampton Crown Court of stalking Dame Penny Mourdant when she was Portsmouth North MP by sending multiple emails, making phone calls and leaving voice messages. Also turned up at her office.
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Proud to have been working on the launch of our campaign with @missingpeople over the last few weeks.
The @Independent's goal is to raise ÂŁ165,000 to fund a new, free service called SafeCall, so that the 70,000 children reported missing each year can find safety, no matter what.
ALT Front page of the Independent from Monday reads: 'A child like Jade goes missing every two and a half minutes'
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The Gunpowder Plot failed #OTD in 1605. The plot was an unsuccessful attempt at regicide against King James VI & I. When he was interrogated by the King, Guy Fawkes said: "I wish to blow the Scottish King and all of his Scottish Lords back to Scotland."
Filmed a landmark birthday today and honestly I was just trying to re-arrange this and not pinch it.
Great & underrated actor. The Limey is an exceptional film. RIP Terence Stamp.
Terence Stamp, the English-born actor celebrated in the 1960s for “Billy Budd,” “The Collector” and “Far From the Madding Crowd,” later known for playing General Zod in the “Superman” films and starring in Steven Soderbergh’s “The Limey,” died Sunday. He was 87.
variety.com/2025/film/news/t…
Super pumped to win the Golden Microphone at #KPBA with friend and colleague Siobhan for our year-long archive project recording the memories of D-Day veterans. Sincere thanks to @Maxim_PR, judges and colleagues @itvmeridian. Am now fighting off the pawn shop and HM Revenue.
Sad news to hear of his passing and sorry I never got to meet him.
Sergeant Mohammad Hussain passed away earlier today. He was from Gujjar Khan, Punjab. Pakistan. He was one of our last WW2 veterans.
He served in one of the most effective divisions of WW2. The 8th Indian division played a strategic role in the defeat of the German army in Italy.
He was only a teenager in this 2nd pic. You can see 3 German soldiers surrender to him and his comrades who were also Muslim.
He was from Slough near London. I will keep you updated on his janazah. Possibly this Sunday - for updates please follow Jahan Mahmood.
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We are heartbroken to announced that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away.
We are at a loss for words right now.
Please respect our privacy at this time as our family grieving.
We realize that we are sharing our grief with the world.
Love & Mercy
