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By Charlie Duffield A D-Day veteran has shared how he lives on his own in a tiny bungalow \- and only speaks to his neighbours when he takes the bins out. Norman Powell, 98, is thought to be one of the six remaining British men who were involved in a major moment of the Second World War, storming the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day landings. But the ex-engineer believes he has been “forgotten about by society” and lives cocooned in his home in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, as he continues to wait two-and-a-half years for an urgent knee operation. Mr Powell says he struggles with the isolatio…

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