Cold War

Mystery of concrete ring 'solved after 30 years'
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Suffolk
Posted
1 day ago
How a public loo played a pivotal role in a Cold War spy ring
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
4 days ago
Former nuclear bunker now home to more than a million government files
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Northern Ireland
Posted
19 August
Former cold war bunker up for sale for £45,000
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Kent
Posted
29 July
Berlin Wall in garden breaches planning rules
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London
Posted
9 July
Mstislav Rostropovich: Virtuoso cellist. Audio, 11 minutes
In 1978, Rostropovich lost Soviet citizenship for 'unpatriotic activity'
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BBC World Service
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Plans to turn nuclear bunker into holiday lets
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Devon
Posted
8 June
Bristol Freighter 170 plane to undergo restoration
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Bristol
Posted
26 May
Teenage girl helps grandad restore Cold War fighter
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Lincolnshire
Posted
26 May
Lost nuclear bunker rediscovered in castle grounds
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North Yorkshire
Posted
13 March
The Cold War bunker beneath a Berkshire university
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Berkshire
Posted
14 February
Safety concerns raised at former nuclear bunker. Video, 00:01:31
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Edinburgh, Fife & East
Posted
30 January
Collapsing nuclear bunker was my secret workplace
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Hull & East Yorkshire
Posted
20 January
Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who sold secrets to the Soviets, dies aged 84
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World
Posted
7 January
A Cold War hockey match. Audio, 10 minutes
In 1961, after the Berlin wall went up, Scotland’s women’s hockey team faced West Germany
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BBC World Service
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Section of Berlin Wall now stands in Herefordshire
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Hereford & Worcester
Posted
11 December 2025
How giant telescope spied on Soviet missile launches
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Manchester
Posted
23 November 2025
Reagan and Gorbachev: The Geneva Summit. Audio, 10 minutes
In 1985, US President Ronald Reagan met Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Switzerland
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BBC World Service
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Cold War bunker with no water or power up for sale
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Bristol
Posted
12 November 2025
Vulcan crew member backs visitor centre plan
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England
Posted
31 October 2025
Volunteers' role at Cold War bunker remembered
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North Yorkshire
Posted
30 October 2025
War & Peace: The UN at 80. Audio, 57 minutes
At 80, does the peacekeeping organisation still have a role to play?
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BBC Radio 4
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Appeal to preserve last flying Vulcan bomber
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South Yorkshire
Posted
8 October 2025
Visit UK's 'best preserved' nuclear bunker
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Lincolnshire
Posted
19 September 2025