Veteran recalls being captured as prisoner of war weeks after D-Day
Ken Hay went to Normandy on June 22, then was on night patrol on July 8 when he was captured and forced to work in coal mines in Poland.
Ken Hay went to Normandy on June 22, then was on night patrol on July 8 when he was captured and forced to work in coal mines in Poland.
The Pole lifted the trophy in Rome for the third time in four years, having beaten Sabalenka last week in Madrid.
Russia expelled the British defence attache in Moscow in response to the UK throwing out his counterpart.
The UK expelled Russia’s defence attache earlier this month on the grounds he was an ‘undeclared military intelligence officer’.
The women’s tournament will take place in the week preceding the men’s event.
Two members of environmental protest group Ultima Generazione ran on to the court wearing orange vests and threw confetti.
Vovchansk’s pre-war population of 17,000 had dwindled to just 2,500 before Russia renewed its ground assault last week.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said ‘fierce battles’ are taking place near the border in eastern and north-eastern Ukraine.
The 37-year-old Spaniard was outclassed 6-1 6-3 by seventh seed Hurkacz on a blistering warm day.
Ukrainian journalists reported that Russian troops had taken over villages on the border of the Kharkiv region.
Djokovic has still to win a title in 2024.
Oleksandr Pielieshenko joined Ukraine’s armed forces in the first days of Russia’s invasion, authorities said.
The world number one saved three match points before coming through a tense tie-break to complete a 7-5 4-6 7-6 (7) victory.
Ocheretyne has been a target for Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
Experts have predicted that Russian forces ‘will likely make significant tactical gains’ in the coming week.