VJ Day, Queen Camilla
Digest more
Celebrating: Another team of NHS staff in Somerset have also been celebrating this week, this time it's those who care for patients with endometriosis. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has been reaccredited as a nationally recognised Endometriosis Centre for the second year running.
FanDuel released their Rookie of the Year odds with Edgecombe ranking fourth in those odds with +1300. He is behind only San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper, Washington Wizards guard Tre Johnson, and Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg.
Prince William and Kate Middleton issued an emotional message while marking the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, aka Victory Over Japan Day. On Friday, Aug. 15, the Prince and Princess of Wales took to X with a post remembering the official end of World War II in Japan.
VJ Day commemorations, a visit from a vice president and a lightning strike are just some of the topics covered in this week's Gloucestershire in Pictures.
With that selection, the Sixers went with Baylor star VJ Edgecombe. The expectation is that he will step in and produce at a high level right away and give Philadelphia the athleticism and production it needs on both ends of the floor.
Veterans of the appalling conflict in the Far East in World War Two gathered for a poignant ceremony of remembrance marking the day fighting came to an end 80 years ago
A 100-year-old World War Two veteran said VJ Day did not seem to be of any "great consequence" at the time, even though he was serving in the Pacific. Richard Clegg, from Bozeat, near Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, was on board HMS Victorious on 15 August 1945 when Japan surrendered.