A defender, he signed in 1967 to local club Odra Wodzislaw, where he spent two seasons, before enjoying top-flight action with Stal Mielec. In 1971, he was allowed to cross the Iron Curtain for his first taste of foreign football with US clubs. He returned ...

"It's really mind blowing because it's so real," said Odra Dorante, 16, who came from Royal Palm Beach to see the exhibit. The survivors are "here for a reason," she said. "They're here to spread the message to never forget and keep teaching so ...

The bulk carriers Atlantic Laurel (20,243/2012), which is Panamanian-flagged, and the Polish-owned, but Bahamas- registered, Odra (9,815/1992) also arrived, coming from Barranquilla, Colombia, and Bridgetown, Barbados, respectively, to load bunkers.

First things first. This beautiful Gothic waterside town on the river Odra is pronounced in the following way: Vrotz-wahv. It used to be called Breslau when it was part of Germany (hence the Teutonic traces). But its cultural hinterland is much deeper.

The pair were on board the Jean-Marie, an 18ft open boat, when they suffered engine failure about a mile from the shore, west of Workington. They dialled 999 at about 11.45am yesterday from their mobile phone, telling the coastguard that the vessel was ...

Throughout its turbulent history, this city on the Odra River the former German city of Breslau has taken everything invaders could throw at it, and survived. Badly damaged in World War II, it was artfully rebuilt around its beautiful main square ...