Dressed in military fatigues, towering over the PM with a true-grit, can-do attitude . . . what a heartening presence of booming no-nonsense Brigadier Phil Prosser was at the No 10 press conference this week. The Army had arrived was his message, and would get the vaccine out in short order and into people’s arms. … Read more
A Second World War veteran who received more than 15,000 Christmas cards after being left lonely when his wife lost her life to coronavirus has died aged 101. John Lister, of Griston, Norfolk, who served as a gunner during the war and later ran a pub, caught coronavirus in March alongside his 92-year-old wife Ella. He … Read more
General Sir Mike Rose was Commanding Officer of the SAS when it brought the Iranian Embassy siege to an explosive end and, two years later, when it achieved extraordinary success in the Falklands War. But he has arguably saved his most devastating assault till now. It comes, I can disclose, in the form of a … Read more
NHS nurse, 62, who came out of retirement to work on Covid frontline is hailed a ‘true hero’ after receiving British Empire Medal – as she insists it was ‘no problem’ because she’ll ‘always be a nurse’ Cath Fitzsimmons, 62, had retired from nursing after 42 years working for NHS Helped her team to set … Read more
A monument in Carmarthen dedicated to a hero of the Battle of Waterloo also known as the ‘Tyrant of Trinidad’ will not be removed or renamed as part of a Welsh government probe into ‘offensive’ statues. The memorial to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton has stood in Picton Terrace in the south-western town since 1888. A campaign … Read more
The widow of the man murdered by the killer who stopped the London Bridge terror attack said has criticised the decision to release him early. Convicted killer Steven Gallant, 42, was granted a Royal Pardon after he tackled Usman Khan with a narwhal tusk during the London Bridge terror attack last year while on day … Read more
World’s oldest panda – known as the ‘hero mother’ with 153 descendants – dies of multiple organ failure at the age of 38 in China Panda Xin Xing was more than 130 in human years when she passed this month Her health deteriorated in October and all treatment failed, a zoo revealed today Hailed as … Read more
There are many things we’ve learned in 2020, but one of the most abiding lessons is that the state of our hair is intricately connected to our psychological wellbeing. Frazzled tips are no trivial matter. This is something Josh Wood understands better than most. ‘Hair is everything,’ he declares from the attic of his cottage … Read more
Emma Winberg woke in the middle of the night, exhausted and overwrought by the events of the day before. Dawn was nearing and the call to prayer would soon echo across Istanbul. Her husband, James Le Mesurier, brought her a sleeping pill. As she drifted off, she could see him standing in the darkness by … Read more
Hand-written maths lessons that Dambusters hero Barnes Wallis used to woo his teenage wife are set to fetch £2,000 at auction. The man who went on to invent the ‘bouncing bomb’ fell for Molly Bloxham, a cousin half his age, in the 1920s. But her father felt it was inappropriate for her senior suitor, who … Read more