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Father Stephen Pritchard holds the Easter Sunday Mass at Our Lady's of the Assumption church, Gateacre, Liverpool, streamed on Facebook, as the UK continues in lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. Churches across the country have been continuing to broadcast services digitally in the.... |
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Seventy-five years ago today, the Second World War in Europe officially ended. The street lights came on for the first time, the streets were lined with bunting and the country celebrated Victory in Europe. It's a day few who were alive will forget, as people swapped their shelters in the garden for street parties. |
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption VE Day marked the end of fighting in Europe in World War Two. Commemorations in NI will take place later to mark the 75th anniversary of VE day. Church bells will ring out, while both Belfast's City Hall and Enniskillen Castle are being illuminated to mark the anniversary. |
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Video by Associated Press) WASHINGTON — As President Trump rushes to reopen the economy, a battle has erupted between the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over the agency’s detailed guidelines to help schools, restaurants, churches and other establishments safely reopen. |
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LONGTIME RTÉ BROADCASTER Sean O’Rourke i s set to retire today – 31 years after he first began working at the station. Over the past seven years, in his 10am RTÉ Radio One slot he has established a reputation as a fearless presenter and interviewer, not afraid to speak truth to power or to push politicians when they needed it. |
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Individuals reacted in very different ways to the end of the nightmare. Some celebrated by partying, others spent the day in quiet reflection, and there were those too busy carrying out tasks to do either. Ultimately nothing would be quite the same again. |
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Marika Panchuk has spent much of her life listening to wartime stories about her father, Bohdan Panchuk, and meeting people across Canada who owe their lives to him. “Through the years people have certainly come up to me and said, ‘I wouldn’t be here if it hadn’t been for your father,’ ” Ms. Panchuk, 69, recalled from her home in Winnipeg. |
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Marika Panchuk has spent much of her life listening to wartime stories about her father, Bohdan Panchuk, and meeting people across Canada who owe their lives to him. “Through the years people have certainly come up to me and said, ‘I wouldn’t be here if it hadn’t been for your father,’ ” Ms. Panchuk, 69, recalled from her home in Winnipeg. |
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This year will see VE Day marked like never before - an it will serve as a reminder things have been a lot worse. Victory in Europe Day, also known as VE Day, commemorates the unconditional surrender by Nazi Germany on May 8, 1945. The annual celebrations will be marked across Coventry and Warwickshire - with social distancing in mind. |
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Secrecy has always shrouded the wartime tragedy of 'Exercise Tiger' - when hundreds of young servicemen died in one night on a Devon beach in the worst disaster to befall allied troops in the run-up to the invasion of Europe. But for one family it was decades before they understood a hidden message.... |
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(Video by The Independent) Boris Johnson has paid his respects to fallen soldiers ahead of the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day on a visit to Westminster Abbey. The Prime Minister was welcomed by the Dean of Westminster, Reverend Dr David Hoyle, and was invited to light a candle at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior. |
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