Coventry Cathedral is being illuminated as part of a project to commemorate a bombing campaign during World War Two. On 14 November 1940, a night of bombing killed 500 people, destroyed thousands ...

Blitz' is an abbreviation of the German word ‘blitzkrieg’, meaning ‘lightning war’. This is a timeline of the almost ...

The bomb was found near Mewa Arena, home of the Mainz 05 soccer club. Although the stadium was located just outside the ...

Despite enduring setbacks, such as the devastating Coventry bombing during World War II, Alvis soldiered on, contributing ...

On 14 November 1940 the German Luftwaffe dropped so many bombs on Coventry that three guarters of the city was destroyed. Such was the devastation, the Germans coined a term to describe it - "to ...

The main targets for air raids outside London were Liverpool, Birmingham, Plymouth, Bristol, Glasgow, Southampton, Coventry ... However, the intense bombing failed to have the desired effect.

A fter the damage suffered by Britain’s Coventry Cathedral during World War II bombing raids had been repaired, the ancient structure was reconsecrated in 1961. Benjamin Britten wrote his “War ...

An active bomb from World War II was found in the area around Mainz home stadium during renovations. They are currently ...

A secondary school has been placed on lockdown after receiving a bomb threat. Police have confirmed that they received a 999 call from Foxford School in Coventry earlier this morning regarding the ...

A bomb threat led to a Coventry school being forced to close today. West Midlands Police have confirmed that it received a 999 call from Foxford School earlier this morning, Wednesday, April 10 ...

Army bomb experts have "safely disposed" of an unexploded World War Two device found in a field near a village. At 15:35 BST on Tuesday, police were called to Dairy Road in Semer, near Ipswich, after ...