Death or glory: Why Teddy Roosevelt wanted to send the cavalry into No Man’s Land
EXCLUSIVE: With the First World War mired in a bloody stalemate, the ex-US President came up with an incredible plan… a full-on horseback charge across No Man’s Land. As a fascinating new book reveals, 250,000 volunteers signed up before the madcap scheme could be quashed. Daily Express :: Books Feed
D-Day commando who was among first to land at Normandy dies aged 100
Leon Gautier was among the first waves of Allied troops to storm the heavily-defended beaches of Nazi-occupied northern France. Daily Express :: World Feed
Rare first edition Harry Potter book bought for just 30p could land £5,000 at auction
A worn-out copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, initially purchased for a mere 30p, is projected to sell for up to £5,000, having been discovered to be a rare first edition. Daily Express :: Books Feed
Australian teen becomes first female skateboarder to land 720
The trick, two mid-air rotations, was first landed by skateboarding icon Tony Hawk in 1985 Daily Express :: Sport Feed
What is left of Nutopia? John Lennon’s conceptual nation with no ‘laws, land or passports’
It’s 50 years since the late former Beatle’s most left-field stunt… the creation of a conceptual micronation. Daily Express :: Music Feed
82-year-old Queen Margrethe wears ‘jolliest coat in the land’ made from floral tablecloth
Queen Margrethe is the epitome of electric, particularly in one of her favourite pieces of clothing – a marvellous floral raincoat. Daily Express :: Style Feed
Flooding in ‘battered and bruised’ New South Wales transform land into inland sea
The Hay Plains, known to be one of the flattest places on Earth, has become an inland sea after weeks of heavy rain. Daily Express :: World Feed
Russian losses mapped: Putin chaos unveiled as 80,000 troops dead and 6,000km land retaken
Izyum and Kupiansk, towns in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, were taken by Ukraine around a week ago. Daily Express :: World Feed
Liverpool have unwittingly helped Man Utd chief John Murtough land £70m Casemiro transfer
MAN UTD have reached an agreement to sign Casemiro from Real Madrid. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Celtics land haymaker in slugfest of an East final
Boston took Game 4 from Miami in an Eastern Conference finals that has turned into a heavyweight fight, with a knockout still waiting to be thrown. NBA Basketball News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games