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Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 1 hour agoGeorge Winter, from Arborfield, Berkshire, served...year-old. He was one of about 150,000 allied troops who took part in the Normandy Landings on 6 June...
'Adored' Royal Navy D-Day veteran dies aged 98
BBC News· 4 days agoOne of the last surviving British servicemen to take part in theD-Day landings has died at the age of 98. George Winter, from Reading in Berkshire,...
France's Bastille Day parade meets the Olympic torch relay in an exceptional year
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada Sports· 6 days agoPARIS (AP) — Paris hosted an extra-special guest for France’s national holiday Sunday — the Olympic...