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Ken Foster in a suit holding a medal with other medals pinned to his chest

'No one gave their lives - they had them taken'

Ken Foster, part of the fleet that liberated Norway, marks VE Day with pride but also sadness.

A young man in a British World War Two uniform

'I still think about friends who never made it home' - 106-year-old veteran

Norman Irwin, from Coleraine, speaks as events are held to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

Northern Ireland

General view of participants setting off at Ten Tors in 2025. Hundreds of participants are stood in a long line on a grass field.

Ten Tors: Rules, routes and safety measures

Thousands of teenagers will head to Dartmoor to take part in the Devon-based challenge.

A black and white photograph of Monty Major thought to be taken in 1942. Monty is pictured as a young man, with a smile on his face. He is wearing his Army uniform, including a shirt, tie and woollen overcoat.

Monty, 102, recalls baking bread for Churchill

Harold Major worked as a baker in the Army during World War Two.

Man wearing glasses looks straight into the camera lens. He's smiling and wearing a white shirt with a blue and white spotted tie and grey cardigan

WW2 veteran, 102, says: 'I'm the luckiest man ever'

"The German officer ordered us to lie down on the grass, then covered us with blankets," he says.

A grainy black-and-white photograph from a newspaper showing paratroopers gathered in a group drinking tea. Each is wearing their beret. It shows a moment just before they got into planes to be dropped over German lines at the River Rhine in Operation Varsity, March 1945.

The untold story of the battle that helped end WW2 in Europe

Some of the men who were there look back nearly 80 years to the largest single airborne operation.

Jennifer stands in her uniform as a young woman. She appears to be on base, and wears a white hat with a black rim, and black jacket with a white shirt and a blue collar with white stripes on it. She has red hair and is smiling directly at the camera.

Rape 'accepted way of life' say ex-forces women

The BBC speaks to women who say they were raped while serving in the armed forces.

Silhouettes of British soldiers walking against a sunset in Afghanistan

SAS names reportedly available online for a decade

The comment comes after the names of around 20 elite soldiers were reportedly published online.

Two soldiers inspect the oxygen delivery device which features an oxygen mask and an electrical control panel.

New oxygen system a 'game changer' for battlefield

A new portable oxygen delivery system is developed to improve casualty survival rates.