The Highland Council in Scotland announces that plans to restore First World War memorials in the local authority in time for the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War will no longer go ahead.
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British Centenary plans to honour Victoria Cross recipients changed to include foreign born winners
The Telegraph reports that plans to honour First World War Victoria Cross recipients during the Centenary have been revised to now include those born overseas and were awarded the VC.
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Report urges French Government to reconsider executed First World War soldiers
France 24 states that a report recommends that French First World War soldiers who were executed by their own side for desertion should be “officially considered under a new light”.
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Sebastian Faulks: Britain “didn’t do enough” to recognise First World War veterans when they were alive
The Telegraph reports that the author Sebastian Faulks has said that it should be a “matter for regret” that the contribution of First World War veterans was not recognised earlier.
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British Prime Minister’s Centenary comments criticised by Jeremy Paxman
Jeremy Paxman, the host of the BBC’s political talk show, Newsnight, has criticised the Prime Minister’s comments that the Centenary commemorations should be “like the Diamond Jubilee celebrations”.
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BBC Great War Controller says it would be “utterly inappropriate” to adopt a tone of “celebration” for Centenary broadcasts
The Independent reports on BBC First World War Centenary coverage plans.
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Local councillor opposes public funding for Step Short Memorial Arch being constructed for Centenary
Kent Online reports that a local councillor has started a petition opposing a £200,000 grant of taxpayers’ money towards constructing the Step Short Memorial Arch to honour First World War soldiers.
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Norfolk County Council “snubs” MP’s offer to help commemorate First World War Centenary
The BBC reports that an offer to help commemorate the Centenary made by Chloe Smith MP to Norfolk County Council has been “snubbed”.
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Former Australian PM calls the First World War a conflict “devoid of any virtue”
The Former Australian Prime Minister, Paul Keating, has addressed a Remembrance Day service at the Australian War Memorial calling the First World War a conflict “devoid of any virtue”.
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Britain’s Centenary plans: Jeremy Paxman “wasn’t calling David Cameron an idiot”
Jeremy Paxman has told Bucks Free Press that he “wasn’t calling [British Prime Minister] David Cameron an idiot” in relation to the First World War Centenary.
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