Image: Mrs Edna Leon First Minister Mark Drakeford is today asking Wales to unite in a two-minute silence at 11am, to mark 75 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe. From the steps of the Welsh Government buildings in Cardiff, the First Minister will encourage the country to “draw on the inspiration of those who lived through the Second World War, to help us deal with our own unique piece of history”. Throughout this week, the…

  Eddie Barber served in submarines in the Home fleet at the beginning of the War and ended up in the Far East on VE day. He visited Hiroshima and was aboard HMS indefatigable when it returned to the UK bearing ex-prisoners of War. He will be missed by all his shipmates at the Cardiff RNA. The Cardiff Branch of the Royal Naval Association is sad to report the demise of one of its oldest members, who has been holding…