Phillipus 'Energy' Nghitumbwa won the WBO Global Super Bantamweight title with a stunning sixth-round knockout victory over Mxolisi Zuma of South Africa on Saturday night.

Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh met with 105-year-old Royal Marines veteran Jim Wren ahead of the 80th anniversary of VJ Day ...

James ‘Jim’ Wren survived the sinking of HMS Repulse in December 1941 after it was torpedoed in the South China Sea.

This year is the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day which marked the end of the Second World War. Millions of ...

Teenagers from across Staffordshire and the German state of Bremen have come together in an exchange camp to celebrate their decades-long friendship.

St Neots local Jim Spriggs has shared the remarkable story of his father who carried a baby shoe more than 5,000 miles during the.

On Friday, the Whittlesey branch of the Royal British Legion will be marking VJ Day with a proclamation, flag raising and a ...

The 80th Anniversary of Victory Over Japan Day (VJ Day) takes place on Friday, August 15, this year. Jan Bridget, chair of Millom and District Local History Society and ex-WRAF, will be giving a talk ...

Monday marks a holiday that Rhode Island, alone amongst all 50 states, recognizes as official- Victory Day, also commonly referred to as Victory over Japan Day or V-J Day.

The announcement of Japan’s surrender came on 15 August 1945. That’s the date people in the UK , Australia, and many other ...

Victory over Japan Day - or VJ day - on 15 August marks the day in 1945 when World War Two ended. Ahead of VJ Day, I have ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Like Del’s Lemonade or the Gaspee parade, Victory Day is one of the Ocean State’s unique summertime ...