This weekend marks the 75th anniversary of the Slapton Sands tragedy. To this day the beaches of the South Hams have a quiet, half-forgotten air as if time has passed them by. And one of the reasons ...

Hundreds of people descended upon Slapton Sands today to remember the American troops who were killed as they rehearsed for D-Day. The poignant tribute was unveiled at Slapton Sands by the charity ...

The wildlife haven at Slapton Ley is a unique place and home to hundreds of important species - but it's under threat from the advancing sea. Slapton Ley in South Devon is the largest natural ...

As the crunch D-Day offensive loomed, American forces needed to ensure their best chance of cracking the Nazi stranglehold on Europe. So a huge dry run was planned on an English beach selected because ...

A lot has happened in this little corner of the UK – discovery of early man, regal holidays, war disaster, humpback whale visits – all of which enrich the experience of taking this route At least once ...

Slapton Sands is the British beach that was used to simulate Normandy, where everything went wrong during ‘Exercise Tiger’ just weeks before the actual attack. He started working at Diario AS in 1992 ...

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the deadly Exercise Tiger, in which 749 US troops were killed, an art installation called 'There But Not There' has been laid on the beach at Slapton Sands. The ...

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. — 1 Peter 5:8 On the southern shores of England is Slapton Sands. This beautiful ...

The service remembered the 749 servicemen who died when the US convoy was attacked by German E-Boats Hundreds of US servicemen who died off the coast of Devon during a World War Two training exercise ...