Such was life aboard a Wellington bomber hunting for the elusive U-boats in the Atlantic Ocean in 1945 during World War II. John Herbert "Bert" O'Leary celebrated his 100th birthday in Melbourne ...

Updated proposals to build hundreds of homes on land at a former airfield in Staffordshire used during the Second World War have secured the go-ahead.

Updated proposals to build hundreds of homes on land at a former airfield in Staffordshire used during the Second World War will go to committee next week with a recommendation to approve.

Bert O'Leary, who just celebrated his 100th birthday, shares the terror and drudgery of life as airman aboard a Vickers Wellington in the Battle of the Atlantic.