Horatio Nelson was born in the quiet west Norfolk village of Burnham Thorpe on September 29 1758, one of 11 children born to Edmund and Catherine Nelson. Edmund was the Rector of All Saints Church in ...

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BY DOUG FORD THE victory at Trafalgar over the French and Spanish fleets was so complete that it ended the threat of invasion. Napoleon turned his attention away from crossing the Channel and threw ...

BY DOUG FORD TWO hundred and twenty years ago this week one of the most momentous sea battles in Britain’s history took place ...

A village in Cornwall has marked the anniversary of the victory of the Battle of Trafalgar at the annual thanksgiving parade and service. Sailors from RNAS Culdrose and other organisations paraded ...

Sailors swapped the high seas for village streets in West Cornwall as Madron honoured Britain’s naval past with a stirring remembrance of the Battle of Trafalgar. Rain didn’t deter the crowd or Royal ...

Tales that Lord Nelson's crew drank the brandy his body was preserved in were probably unture, Nick Ball said [Getty Images] With the Battle of Trafalgar won but the country's great naval leader ...

On October 18, 2025, Dhanteras ushers in the Diwali celebrations, spotlighting Yama Deepam, a cherished tradition honoring Lord Yama, the deity associated with mortality. Devotees illuminate a unique ...

Her arm was the first thing Shyam Babu saw, tiny and frail, poking through the mud like a discarded doll. But this was no doll. Covered with ants and bleeding from what doctors would later suspect ...