Heartless vandals trash flowers at a Captain Tom Covid memorial and destroy a plaque to victims of the pandemic: Locals slam ‘thoughtless’ yobs behind ‘disgusting’ attack Vandals have ripped out flowers from a wreath placed at a coronavirus memorial A plaque honouring Captain Sir Tom Moore was also damaged in Stoke-on-Trent Local residents have hit … Read more
‘It was her very happy place’: Earl Spencer welcomes plans for blue plaque to honour his sister Princess Diana at her former flat Earl Spencer described his sister’s home in Earl’s Court as a ‘very happy place’ Princess Diana lived there before marrying Prince Charles at St Paul’s in 1981 He welcome plans to honour … Read more
Princess Diana will be among six inspirational women honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque this year, for her ‘devotion to her charity work’. The accolade to the Princess of Wales, who would have been 60 this year, will ‘mark one of the buildings associated with her life before her marriage’ to Prince Charles, said … Read more
Rita Ora looks sensational in a black blazer dress as she is given a special plaque after her 2018 album Phoenix goes multi-platinum in Australia By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 08:51 GMT, 17 March 2021 | Updated: 08:51 GMT, 17 March 2021 Rita Ora’s 2018 album Phoenix has gone multi-platinum in Australia. And the … Read more
Mariah Carey famously released her very first holiday album Merry Christmas in 1994, featuring the infectious hit single All I Want For Christmas Is You. And the songbird, 50, was recently surprised with a plaque from her record label recognizing the album and single’s worldwide ‘multi-platinum’ success. ‘I am freaking out! This is amazing. I have not … Read more
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has unveiled a memorial plaque to the 51 worshippers killed in last year’s Christchurch mosque terror attacks. Ms Ardern donned a headscarf and took part in a sombre ceremony at Al Noor mosque on Thursday morning as she visited Christchurch for the first time since the sentencing of Australian … Read more
Winston Churchill’s ‘favourite spy’ Christine Granville gets a blue plaque at hotel where she was stabbed to death by a stalker Christine Granville was one of the most effective special agents to serve Britain The wartime spy is believed to have inspired Ian Fleming’s character Vesper Lynd Only 14% of over 950 English Heritage Blue Plaques … Read more
A Muslim spy who was executed by the Nazis at Dachau concentration camp in 1944 is the first Indian-origin woman to be honoured with a blue plaque. Noor Inayat Khan, of Indian and US descent, served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE), which was set up by Sir Winston Churchill in 1940. The English Heritage … Read more