Today, Chartered Inst. of Export & International Trade Director General Marco Forgione joined the Andrew Marr show on LBC to explain the impact of the Border Target Operating Model (#BTOM) and related #SPS checks on the current #inflation of UK food prices. Watch a clip from the interview below. 👇

Early start this morning to speak with the fab Sally Bundock BBC World Business about 🇬🇧 new #border processes and what this means for businesses here and in 🇪🇺 Chartered Inst. of Export & International Trade

4/4 Post-war Bill & his wife worked for a millionaire as butler/driver and housekeeper/cook. Such was the esteem in which they were held, they were given a house as a retirement present. Details here about the Liberation of Rome conference: eventbrite.it/e/the-liberati…

Ahead of #DDay80 next week, worth catching a super Sky doc about how a weather warning for the original invasion day of 5 June 1940 by a young Irish woman helped avoid disaster for the Allies, + other ways how neutral Ireland helped the Allied effort channel5.com/show/three-day…

Vive La Résistance française 80 years on, only 99-year old Monsieur Raymond Labbé is left. He fought against the Nazi occupiers in the Touraine region. The modern photo was taken on 11 May 2024. Copyright Gabin Bruneau LVCE ET Tempore.

US veterans on their way to Normandy for the 80 year commemoration. #WW2 #HISTORY

#DDay #DDay80 #LestWeForget

Sun’s out and so are the antiques at Wimbledon Homes & Antiques Fair - Wimbledon’s own Sunday fair from Sunbury Antiques Market. Retro bargains heaven at Prince George’s Playing Fields near Raynes Park Station

Brilliant time at Sunbury Antiques Market Wimbledon Home & Antiques Fair this morning - still going strong at 12 noon. Bought lots of retro stuff - now need to figure out where to put it. Thanks to organisers Jenny and Edward - can’t wait for Kempton on 30 June

Andy Murray: metal hip, back cyst, jelly legs, and probably fractured feet, tennis elbow, a sprained wrist, and a sprained shoulder Emma Raducanu: “I’ll just say I have some wrist pain.”

Absolutely magnificent! Well done Rhys Mcclenaghan Delighted for you 🥇 #OlympicGames

👀 ON VIEW TODAY - THE LONDON SALEROOM 👀 📍 The London Saleroom, Station Parade, Ickenham, Ruislip, HA4 7DL 📆 Monday 2nd Sept 🕙 12 Noon until 7:00pm 🗓️ Auction: Tuesday 3rd & 4th Sept 🕙 from 10:00am View the full catalogue here: bit.ly/3YRSDji Adam Partridge

Another great history travelogue from you, HistoryHound 🐶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇲🇹🇯🇪, and weather looks pretty decent. Might you visit the Mdina Glass workshop in Ta' Qali while you're there? If yes, please do post photos...

'Wow' valuation of #WW2 #SAS founder #Blairpaddymayne's medals, including DSO + 3 bars, on Antiques Roadshow from Belfast. Expert Mark Smith said dress miniature versions worth £50,000 but actual medals would be "monumental enough to command £1 million" Blair Paddy Mayne Gavin Mortimer

On a cold February day 87 years ago in Dublin, #BlairPaddyMayne got his 2nd cap for Ireland v England as a 2nd row forward. The distorted portrayal of him in #SASRogueHeroes of course ignores his pre-WW2 sporting career #IREvENG #TeamOfUs Irish Rugby Blair Paddy Mayne Gavin Mortimer

I was sad to hear about the passing of a great Irishman Group Captain John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last of “The Few”. The last of his generation who fought so bravely for our freedoms today. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anam

The Express - breaking news. Bombshell World War 2 document could see SAS hero finally awarded VC. Please share widely. express.co.uk/news/uk/203684…

1/5 April 15 1945. T Troop, 1SAS, under John Tonkin's command (right) are the first Allied soldiers to enter Belsen. The signal logged with SAS Brigade mentioned a "small task in conc [entration] camp." That task was to search for a SAS soldier rumoured to be prisoner in Belsen.

First Sunbury Antiques Market Wimbledon antiques fair of the summer - and it’s rammed! Well done organisers Edward & Jennie Cruttenden. Lots of cool antique & vintage furniture, art, objects and books for folk on tight budgets here in St George’s Playing Fields, Raynes Park, London SW19

Late, great silver dealer Michael Baggott's rare York silver collection is for sale in good hands at Woolley & Wallis. #Flogit expert Michael died in Jan 2025 too young at 51, having generously + wittily advised all of us silver collectors across the years bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…