UK: Soviet T-34/76 & T-34/85 Model Tank! (1.5.2036)

Interestingly, the plastic model mimics the metal kits that used to arrive in the factories in Stalingrad to be constructed by the workers – which included Disabled people. Tank crews would often train on wooden models and wait by the factory doors for each new tank to appear. These brave men and women would then drive directly to the frontline to confront the Nazi Germans. We will paint these models and add scenery and Soviet Red Army soldiers.

MOD: WWII (1939-1945) Medal Allocation for Alfred Gregory Wyles (1916-1976)

UK: How the Latest Generation Misuse the Freedom Earned By Others on D-Day! (1.5.2026)

My father’s latest post is linked to the picture of his Dad – who landed in the first wave during D-Day. The UK has collapsed and lost its way. This Labour government is the incarnation of evil – indeed it is nothing but sinister. We are expected to watch our long history and our culture collapse around us and say nothing out of fear of being persecuted by a despotic government. Well, test our mettle if you dare. he way things are going I can see a disaster upon the horizon. Fear not, for I am not afraid. It is from this defiance that hope will be reborn. All despotic regimes eventually topple. Thank you to my father who taught me to be brave, not give a damn, and always move forward! Look at the medals my grandfather won – I owe it to him to keep fighting for what is right.

UK Exporting Weaponry to Israel - Liege Airport - Belgium

Skwawkbox: UK Firm Refuses Questions on Arms to Israel Seized in Belgium! (1.5.2026)

US aerospace company Moog’s UK subsidiary has declined to comment on the seizure of a consignment of military components by Belgian authorities while en route to Israel. According to a statement released by the Walloonian government, the consignment did not bear a declaration that the items were for military use as required by Belgian law and did not have the compulsory ‘transit licence’.

A second UK arms consignment has now also been seized, though the manufacturer of that one has not yet been named. But the UK company involved in the first one has: Moog, specifically its Wolverhampton facility.

International Workers' Day - 2026

China: May 1st – International Workers’ Day – Celebrating the Empowerment of Women & Girls! (1.5.2026)

Zhong, 49, who is also a deputy to the 14th National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, and an inheritor of the She ethnic martial arts, said: “Only a thriving village can preserve the She ethnic martial arts.”

Under her leadership, roads were repaired, streetlamps installed, and tourism facilities upgraded. Instead of moving away, many villagers became homestay hosts or martial arts performers. Thanks to rural tourism centered on the She ethnic martial arts, the village’s revenue jumped from 200,000 yuan ($28,000) in 2021 to 500,000 yuan in 2024.

According to the 2022 progress monitoring report of the Outline for Women’s Development in China (2021-30), women accounted for 54.3 percent of neighborhood committee members and 41.3 percent of neighborhood committee directors, as well as 26.1 percent of village committee members and 10.9 percent of village committee directors.

Data from the Ministry of Civil Affairs showed that in 2022, there were 489,000 village committees, with a total of 2.154 million village committee members. And there were 118,000 neighbourhood committees, comprising 663,000 neighbourhood committee members.