Arras, France News

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour continued into Europe once again as they played the Main Square Festival in Arras, France tonight.

Jean-Christophe Novelli talks to Andy Richardson ahead of his appearance at this weekend's West Mid Show.

The pilot killed in the crash of a small aircraft in central Alberta Monday was an 87-year-old retired judge and a celebrated Canadian war hero, who flew Spitfires over Europe during the Second World War before being shot down and captured by the Gestapo.

TWO cyclists who took their bikes from Northumberland to the First World War battlefields of the Western Front have raised more than A 1,000 for the Help for Heroes charity.

In mid-June I'll be in Paris for one day only . As I have seen the main tourist sites in Paris, I am looking for a guided day trip to the Somme battlefields.

On a bright, blustery day by a dual carriageway in northern France yesterday, Edna Holland paid her last respects to the grandfather she never met.

TASTE of Grampian is a great day out for all the family, but for those who love watching celebrity chefs in action - and enjoy sampling high-quality local food and products - it's nothing short of paradise.

Many adventurers have scaled mountains and battled in the skies but only a few are remembered as true heroes.

Skipton is set to get a new twin town in France. Despite some concerns from councillors, Skipton Town Council has agreed to push ahead and link up with Erquinghem-Lys. At the council's annual general meeting on Thursday, councillors were told that Erquinghem - " close to Leeds' twin town of Lille - " had a strong affinity with Britain and ...

STUDENTS from Hatfield Visual Arts College found the graves of relatives during a European visit to World War One sites The discovery took place as a group from the school travelled to see WWI Battlefields of the Somme in northern France.

THE summer evening was autumnally cold and damp, the backless stone seats in the outdoor theater unforgiving.

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Thanks to modern science, there will be no more Tommy Atkins and the war dead will be buried with their names Ben Macintyre Across the Western Front, the anonymous war dead are reclaiming their names.

As butlers go, Gary Lindley would seem to have everything. He is hard-working, a former servant at Buckingham Palace and, according to his employer, the Countess of Arran, he makes an excellent breakfast.

The French police conducted early morning raids at four locations on the outskirts of Calais on Tuesday, arresting nearly 200 migrants just two days before the immigration minister, Eric Besson, will visit the port city that Britain has long considered a springboard for irregular immigration.

Paris, Apr 14 Associations and solidarity groups will meet Friday in Paris to demand the release of the five Cuban anti-terrorists imprisoned in the US.

By WILLIAM LANEY Managing Editor FORT AMANDA - Twenty-one flags snap in the breeze as a west wind blows through the historical site.

April 9, 1917. Vimy Ridge, near the town of Arras, France. Harold McGill, a Calgary doctor serving with the 31st battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, recalled in his memoirs that: "As we climbed the high ground we had a splendid view of the battle towards our right in the direction of Arras.

A French dairy company has acquired Kantner Ingredients Inc., a Wapakoneta-based company that blends and distributes dairy proteins for the food ingredient industry.

Sheep, used to keep the grass under control on the bomb cratered terrain, rest at the foot of the Vimy Memorial near Arras, France.