BBC issue apology and pull D-Day programme over offensive comment
The corporation has apologised for the ‘inappropriate comment’ The BBC has apologised after an offensive comment was overhead off-camera during a special programme to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Today (June 6) marks the 80 years since D-Day, when 160,000 Allied forces troops launched an assault on the northern beaches of Nazi-occupied France. As part […]
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D-Day veteran, 98, refuses to glorify war and says ‘war is a waste of time’
‘I think, once again, what a waste of time war is’ A D-Day veteran has said he would like the children of today to know that “war is not exciting” and “doesn’t achieve much in the end.” Today (June 6) marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when 160,000 Allied forces troops launched an assault on the […]
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WW2 hero dies on way to D-Day 80th anniversary event in Normandy
The veteran had been ‘really excited’ to attend the commemorations A 102-year-old World War Two veteran has died while on a trip to attend the D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations in the north of France. Robert Persichitti was on board a ship to Normandy when he suffered a medical emergency. He was then airlifted to a […]
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