North Lincolnshire: Cash available for D-Day 80th events

The D-Day landings in June 1944 were the biggest invasion by sea in history

Organisations wishing to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in 2024 can receive grants of up to £250 in council funding.

North Lincolnshire Council said community groups, town and parish councils and voluntary organisations would all be eligible to apply.

The authority said it was important to remember the significance of the 1944 Normandy landings.

Groups wishing to organise community events have until 22 January to apply.

Richard Hannigan, cabinet member for adults and health said they were "extremely proud" to make the funding available.

"It is essential that we continue to mark these major past events and remember the significance of D-Day in the history of the war and enable people to honour the sacrifices made all those years ago," he said.

The D-Day landings which began on 6 June 1944 were the biggest invasion by sea in history.

It was the beginning of allied operations which ultimately helped bring World War Two to an end.