Former child evacuees who are now in their 90s have attended an 85th anniversary event to mark the day they hopped on a train ...

Emergency services rushed to the primary school following reports from concrened staff members - the children were moved to safety while police and army explosive experts investigated ...

But when it became clear Nazi Germany forces had their sights set on the island, children were offered the chance to be evacuated from the island with their schools. He said: "My brother and I ...

A primary school in a Derbyshire town was evacuated after a pupil brought a suspected WW2 grenade to a show-and ... the staff for their rapid response. Children were safely ushered away as the ...

When Barry Yeagers turned 12 years old, he never expected to leave Guernsey for any reason, let alone the start of World War Two. But when it became clear Nazi Germany forces had their sights set ...

Nora Hoskin, 94, said she had vivid memories of the day she and her school friends were evacuated from Plymouth ... "Then we were told 'X number of children from your class would be going ...

Drama unfolded at a Derbyshire primary school as children and staff were evacuated following the arrival ... when a child astonishingly revealed a WW2 grade 5 explosive device during an assembly.

Evacuated with teachers and children from Gainsborough Road School, Mr Butterfield, then aged seven, travelled on a train to Minehead, Somerset before being sent to live in nearby Alcombe.

The 8 May 2025 marks 80 years since VE Day. Julie McNicholls Vale discovers how the ‘Cambrian News’ marked the occasion and ...