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Bletchley Park's World War Two codebreakers in their own words
News The work of the Bletchley Park codebreakers is credited with shortening the Second World War by two years. Most staff only knew as much as their role demanded - with intercepted messages passing through a chain of Wrens,... [05 Nov 2009]
Bletchley Park WWII codebreakers honoured
News The Foreign Secretary David Miliband has paid tribute to the work done by the World War II codebreakers at Bletchley Park who cracked the Enigma code used by Nazi Germany's military. The Foreign Secretary was speaking at... [13 Oct 2009]
Netbooks, Apple goodies, vintage kit and a futuristic datacentre
Photo The Witch machine (shown here) is being restored by volunteers at The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. They were among a gathering of more than 100 veteran codebreakers who last month returned to... [02 Oct 2009]
Bletchley Park lands £460,000 funding boost from lottery
News After prolonged debate over its future, Bletchley Park - home of the World War II codebreakers who cracked the Enigma code used by the Nazis - is to receive lottery funding. Bletchley, which houses the... [29 Sep 2009]
Bletchley Park's Alan Turing gets official apology
News Alan Turing, the mathematician and cryptographer whose work played an essential role in the efforts of codebreaking-centre Bletchley Park during WWII, received a posthumous apology from Prime Minister Gordon Brown last... [14 Sep 2009]
Photos: WWII codebreakers return to Bletchley Park
Photo On Sunday these women and more than 100 other veteran codebreakers returned to Bletchley Park, where in 1939 the British began to decipher German military code which was created using the Enigma coder. [07 Sep 2009]
Photos: Restoring one of the world's oldest computers
Photo Volunteers at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) at Bletchley Park will rebuild the Witch machine (shown here) - a computer that was first used in 1951 for atomic research. See more photos from... [04 Sep 2009]
Apple tablet, Windows 7, Nokia mini laptop, 3D printers and future mobiles
Photo You can see more of the collection, which will go on display at Bletchley Park on the weekend of 5 and 6 of September, here. Photo credit: Bletchley Park August saw this futuristic-looking machine, the... [02 Sep 2009]
Bletchley Park funding call rejected: No new cash for codebreakers' home
News Bletchley Park, the home of UK codebreakers during World War II, will get no financial support from the government after a petition calling for funding from Whitehall was rejected today. Bletchley Park... [26 Aug 2009]
Photos: Secret-code machines come to Bletchley
Photo One of the world's largest collections of Enigma cipher machines - famous for being used by the Nazis to protect communications during the Second World War - is to go on display at Bletchley Park. Enigma and other... [17 Aug 2009]
Code red: Cash pleas for struggling home of codebreakers
News A Liberal Democrat MP has asked the government for funding for Bletchley Park, the home of UK codebreaking during World War II. Simon Greenish, director of the Bletchley Park Trust, said the push for... [24 Jul 2009]
Badge of honour for WWII Bletchley codebreakers
News The government is to give Bletchley Park WWII codebreakers a badge to commemorate their efforts during the war. The commemorative scheme, which will be open to all military and civilian personnel who served at... [14 Jul 2009]
iPhone apps, Antique PCs, Microsoft R&D and supercomputers
Photo The huts at Bletchley Park - which houses the National Museum of Computing and formerly played home to WWII codebreakers - are shown to be in a bad state of repair in this photo story. The Bletchley... [02 Jun 2009]
Museum of Computing gets new home
News The good news follows last week's blow to Bletchley Park, home to The National Museum of Computing, after the government refused a request for more funding to support the site while restoration work is carried out. [26 May 2009]
Funding snub for historic Bletchley Park
News The government has refused to stump up more cash to help Bletchley Park stay afloat until the museum can support itself. Other Lords echoed Baroness McIntosh's calls for more government cash for... [19 May 2009]
