V-Day heroine Margaret Keenan, 91 returns to hospital for second dose of Covid vaccine

V-Day heroine Margaret Keenan has returned to hospital to receive her second dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine after becoming the first person int he world to receive the jab. The grandmother-of-four, from Coventry, was first in line for the vaccine when a mass roll-out began in Britain on December 8. A week after receiving the … Read more

Anti-vaccine cranks target V-Day heroine Margaret: 91-year-old is labelled an actress

Anti-vaxxers have mocked and smeared V-Day heroine Margaret Keenan on social media sites amid a surge of ‘toxic misinformation’. A mob of online conspiracy theorists – some claiming to be NHS staff – used Facebook to spread slurs about the 91-year-old grandmother and her family after she became the first in the world to have … Read more

Rochester rescued by his stern and steely heroine: PATRICK MARMION reviews Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre (Blackeyedtheatre.co.uk) Verdict: Trusty literary classic Rating: Rent (Hopemilltheatre.co.uk) Verdict: Put your mortgage on it Rating: Red (stage2view.com) Verdict: Dark red Rating: Jane Eyre is one of the hardest working heroines in all of Victorian literature. She’s a cast-iron steam engine of a character who really puts in the hours, shuttling from stage to … Read more

Doctor Who FIRST LOOK: Jodie Whittaker’s heroine trapped in a space prison as the Daleks return

Doctor Who FIRST LOOK: Jodie Whittaker’s time-travelling heroine is trapped in a space prison miles from her companions as the Daleks RETURN for Christmas special By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 19:17 BST, 8 October 2020 | Updated: 19:18 BST, 8 October 2020 Doctor Who fans have been given their first glimpse at this year’s … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Why won’t you let your heroine strike back, JK?

Strike: Lethal White Rating: Life isn’t fair. Tom Burke barely has to act as moody private investigator Cormoran Strike: He just stomps around with a scowl, lighting cigarettes and grunting. Yet his one-legged character gets star billing.  As JK Rowling’s crime series returned, his name was the headline – Strike: Lethal White (BBC1). His assistant … Read more

Seven-year-old litter heroine has been cleaning up for five years

Seven-year-old litter heroine has been cleaning up for five years! Eco-conscious family patrols 55-mile stretch of beach to clear rubbish Rayer began tidying Northumberland’s beaches from when she was able to walk Her parents said they brought up their three children to protect the environment She has started a petition calling for stricter penalties on … Read more

PLATELL’S PEOPLE: Heroine, 97, who helped crack Enigma code is a shining example of selflessness

What a shining example of selflessness we have been given this week from a woman who is among the most vulnerable to the coronavirus plague. Elizabeth Diacon was one of the many unsung soldiers — she would hate the word heroes — who worked as signals intelligence officers at Bletchley Park, where they cracked the … Read more

Mabel review: The Brits-nominee is greeted like a conquering heroine as she performs in Liverpool

Mabel O2 Academy, Liverpool                                              Touring until Wednesday  Rating: Pop may not be as meritocratic as it once was, but it still beats most walks of life. Pedigree counts for very little – just … Read more