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Paratrooper flags in Derry "an insult to the survivors of Bloody Sunday and the victims’ families"

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Paratroop flags in Derry "an insult to the survivors of Bloody Sunday and the victims’ families"

There has been widespread condemnation over flags of the British Paratrooper Regiment being hoisted in parts of Derry. Flags of the Regiment were seen flying from lampposts in the Drumahoe and Newbuildings areas of the city. The Paratrooper Regiment ...

24 Jan 2022 at 16:33

Shapps: Shortage of planes for D-Day commemoration underlines need for more cash

The shortage of planes for a mass parachute drop to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day shows why more money needs to be spent on defence, Grant Shapps has said. Defence chiefs are scrambling to secure more aircraft as crises in Ukraine and the ...

19 May 2024 at 10:59

Local News

Derry Court: Soldier F hearing resumes into Bloody Sunday murders

The resumed case against the only British soldier charged in connection with the Bloody Sunday killings began today at Derry Magistrate's Court. Soldier F is charged with the murder of Jim Wray and William McKinney as well as five attempted ...

24 Jan 2023 at 12:33

Anne lays wreath and meets veterans at Battle of Arnhem commemorative event

The Princess Royal has laid a wreath and spoken with veterans at a service commemorating the soldiers who died during the Battle of Arnhem 80 years ago. Anne and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, gathered with Second World ...

22 Sept 2024 at 16:20

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Man discovers relation to famous D-Day soldier who jumped out of plane with dog after Googling his ‘interesting’ surname

An engineer from Surrey was shocked to discover his great-uncle was a famous D-Day paratrooper who landed in Normandy with his military dog Glen before the pair were bombed by friendly fire and found dead still linked by the lead, ...

04 Jun 2024 at 06:30

Shapps orders urgent review to find aircraft for paratroopers to mark D-Day

Defence chiefs are scrambling to secure more planes for a parachute drop to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day as crises in Ukraine and the Middle East have left the RAF’s transport fleet stretched. Hundreds of paratroopers had ...

23 May 2024 at 13:58

Paratroopers mark 80 years since the Battle of Arnhem

Eighty years after thousands of Allied airborne troops parachuted into the Nazi-occupied Netherlands in a daring military offensive their modern counterparts have made the same jump. Paratroopers from eight Nato member ...

21 Sept 2024 at 12:14

Local News

“What happened on Bloody Sunday was both unjustified and unjustifiable. It was wrong.” - David Cameron

The following is the full text from former British Prime Minister David Cameron's statement to the House of Commons following the publication of the Saville Inquiry report on Tuesday, 15th June, 2010. "The Secretary ...

29 Jan 2022 at 16:33

WATCH: Bloody Sunday: Footage of how it all unfolded (30 Jan. 1972)

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VIDEO: Bloody Sunday: Footage of how it all unfolded (30 Jan. 1972)

#SpotlightSunday this week takes us to 1972 and a day that will always be remembered in history as Bloody Sunday, the day British soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment ("1 Para") shot 28 unarmed ...

23 Jan 2022 at 12:33

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