In 1938 at the Munich crisis.There were only 4 anti-aircraft guns in the Woolwich arsenal to defend the whole of England! They had rubber guns to fool Germans into thinking we had a lot more! Pepper ...

Susan Maughan with two of her daughters, inset, and the fire at COD Donnington Susan Maughan inhaled the toxic dust following the blaze at army depot COD Donnington in 1983, which scattered ash ...

A new army logistics centre is to be built in Shropshire, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced. The base will be built next to the existing MoD Donnington facility, in Telford. It will handle ...

Castles are some of Britain’s most iconic heritage sites and most popular tourist attractions, enduring reminders in solid stone of our country’s often violent past. These fortified structures are ...

On top of a hill in a small village in West Berkshire a mysterious castle offers a glimpse back hundreds of years to the 14th century. Found in the village of the same name on the outskirts of Newbury ...

Officials at Donnington are still hopeful they will be able to stage a 2011 grand prix despite the financial problems of the lease holders. Donnington still hopeful of staging grand prix despite cash ...

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