Britain’s best-performing ice dancers since Torvill and Dean, Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson have won Skate America and Grand ...

Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military ...

A medal awarded to a homing pigeon who helped the Dutch resistance during World War Two has been sold at auction for £30,000.

The Dickin Medal, often known as the Victoria Cross for animals ... He was passed to a resistance member who identified the bird as British from its leg ring. In an attempt to notify British ...

The British Red Cross is thrilled to announce the organisation’s first garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May 2025. 02 January 2025 Northern Ireland volunteer awarded British Empire Medal in New ...

began volunteering for the British Red Cross aged 20. Fifty years on and her dedication has been celebrated with a British Empire Medal. She was told about the honour in November but had to keep ...

The Dickin Medal is considered the animal equivalent to the Victoria Cross; only 75 have been awarded ... the founder of British veterinary charity the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals ...

He identified Tommy as British from a leg ring ... Tommy was presented the PDSA Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross, at the Dutch embassy in 1946 and became a local celeb.

The final personal diary of Squadron Leader Patrick Gifford, who was shot down in May 1940, has also been found.