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Race against time to find family of WW1 soldier who wrote ‘heartbreaking’ letters home from trenches

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A desperate race against time is underway to find relatives of a First World War hero before his medals and ‘heartbreaking’ letters home from the trenches are auctioned off near Remembrance Sunday. More than 100 years after Sgt Sam Atherton wrote to his parents from France, the young soldier’s letters and medals were found stored … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Put on a tin hat – and try our four defensive tips for the trenches 

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‘Market falls: is it time to pack up and go home?’ That was the stark question posed by a leading investment expert in response to Thursday’s 10.9 per cent fall in the FTSE 100 Index – the largest daily correction in the index since the Black Monday stock market crash of October 1987. (I remember … Read more

Photos show ramshackle shops, mine trenches and ships dodging icebergs during Alaskan ‘Gold Rush’

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Stunning black-and-white photos reveal ramshackle shops, mine trenches and a ship dodging an ice berg as more than 20,000 people rushed to find their fortune in an Alaskan town 120 years ago. An estimated 112 tonnes of the prized metal was pulled from the ground in Nome, on the frozen western tip of Alaska, during … Read more