This wasn't a war with battles and soldiers like in the movies; it was about fish! The heart of the matter was simple: both Britain and Iceland wanted to catch cod, a type of fish very popular for its ...

Some of the 43 trawler captains who were on opposite sides in the Cod Wars have met for the first time since the conflict to discuss how to commemorate the battle. Between the 1950s and 1970s, the UK ...

Most people born after 1980 will have little more than a fleeting 'rings a bell' concept of the Cod Wars. But for those who lived during the three battles between Britain and Iceland they wreaked ...

Allies at war | Shakespeare on tyranny | Leicester greetings | Winter style | Road sign supplements Not at all in the same league as a possible US attack on Greenland, but the cod wars of the 1970s ...

Scottish trawlerman compensated for losing their livelihoods in the "cod wars" with Iceland in the 1970s could be in line for extra money. The UK Government is consulting on a new scheme, which is ...