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This week we take a trip through memory lane to look at the history of a beloved toy that ignited children's creativity and gave parents some…

Five Czech airmen died when their RAF Wellington bomber was shot down over the Netherlands.

BBC News Published image copyrightGetty Images image captionTwo of the Czechoslovak crew shown here - Karel Valach (1st left) and Vilem Konstacky (4th from left) - died in the June raid Dutch salvage workers have found some bone fragments and scraps of airmen's clothing in the debris of an RAF Wellington bomber shot down over the Netherlands in June 1941. The Wellington had a six-man Czech crew, five of whom died. It was downed by a German night fighter, crashing at Nieuwe Niedorp, a village about 60km (37 miles) north of Amsterdam. It had been bombing the port of Bremen. The dig is part of a...

Strong start to the festival. Review by Veronica Lee

A LEADING comedian is thrilled to be getting back on stage for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Arthur Smith, who lives in Balham, will be back in front of audiences at the Warren in Marlborough Place as part of the Brighton Fringe. The show, entitled SYD, will include stories about Arthur’s father Syd Smith. Arthur will tell tales of when Syd was a prisoner of war at Colditz Castle in Germany and from the time he was a policeman patrolling London’s South Bank. He said: “It is a show about my father and his hilarious stories. I will be singing a little b...