内容摘要：This was an apparent reference to the Palestinian father of his US-born wife, a former adviser to killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

This was an apparent reference to the Palestinian father of his US-born wife, a former adviser to killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

In Wolverhampton, street party organisers Leanne Spencer and Kash Dhillon said it was important to get old and new residents together to share stories."For the older generation who are passing stories on, who fought in the war and what it was like to be in them days, some of them sacrificed their life for our freedom," Mr Dhillon said.

"We've got people from America here, they've come to witness what's happening here, everyone has been welcome."Coventry Cathedral held aspecial choral evensong on the day of the anniversary, alongside the national bellringing that is taking place.

This year marks the 85th year since the Coventry Blitz - one of the worst bombing raids endured by Britain, which took place on 14 November 1940.The raid brought devastation across the city and destroyed the original cathedral, the Church of St Michael. The replacement now stands alongside the original's ruins.

On Thursday, Coventry City Council and BBC CWR are holding

, with live entertainment and a big screen showing wartime images."We tried to catch her and call her but she ran away down the road towards Bakewell," said Yuliia.

"She doesn't like towns where people are so it's more likely she is hiding in the woods."She's in survival mode and she might be afraid of strangers, but I really hope we can find her."

A theatre based in a former 19th Century courthouse remains on a register for venues at risk of closure for a 10th year, despite plans to renovate it.Spilsby Sessions House was added to the Theatres Trust Theatre's at Risk register in 2015 because its ceiling had become unsafe and was on the brink of collapse.